قرأ

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See also: قرا

Arabic

تَقْرَأُ اِمْرَأَةٌ (taqraʔu imraʔatun)

Etymology

From root ق ر ء (q-r-ʔ). Compare Hebrew קָרָא (kará).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ra.ʔa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) I, non-past يَقْرَأُ‎ (yaqraʔu)

  1. to read
    مَا أَنَا بِقَارِئٍ
    mā ʔanā biqāriʔin
    I will not read
  2. to recite
  3. review or study
  4. to collect together or to gather piece by piece
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:17-18:
      إنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ / فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
      ʔinna ʕalaynā jamʕahū waqurʔānahū / faʔiḏā qaraʔnāhu fattabiʕ qurʔānahū
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. to match portion to portion, to draw together piece by piece
  6. to cite, to recite, to quote, to bring back information

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قرء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN