قرة

See also: قره, قزة, and فرة

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese = Galician corra, corre, Portuguese correia, Spanish correa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qura/, /qora/

Noun

قرة (qurra, qorra) f

1. graft, scion that is transplanted

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 319b
• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 136

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ر ر (q-r-r).

Noun

قِرَّة • (qirra) f

1. freshness, cold

Declension

Declension of noun قِرَّة (qirra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرَّة qirra	الْقِرَّة al-qirra	قِرَّة qirrat
Nominative	قِرَّةٌ qirratun	الْقِرَّةُ al-qirratu	قِرَّةُ qirratu
Accusative	قِرَّةً qirratan	الْقِرَّةَ al-qirrata	قِرَّةَ qirrata
Genitive	قِرَّةٍ qirratin	الْقِرَّةِ al-qirrati	قِرَّةِ qirrati

Noun

قُرَّة • (qurra) f

1. any means to soothe inflammation of the eye
2. water-cress (Nasturtium gen. et spp.)
3. water-parsnip (Sium gen. et spp.)
4. rest of soup in a vessel

Declension

Declension of noun قُرَّة (qurra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَّة qurra	الْقُرَّة al-qurra	قُرَّة qurrat
Nominative	قُرَّةٌ qurratun	الْقُرَّةُ al-qurratu	قُرَّةُ qurratu
Accusative	قُرَّةً qurratan	الْقُرَّةَ al-qurrata	قُرَّةَ qurrata
Genitive	قُرَّةٍ qurratin	الْقُرَّةِ al-qurrati	قُرَّةِ qurrati

Derived terms

• قُرَّة الْعَيْن (qurra al-ʿayn, “wideleaf waterparsnip, Sium latifolium”)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Old Spanish guerra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiːrːa/

Noun

قرة • (gīrra) f

1. war
   • 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa ed. Charles Defrémery et Beniamino Sanguinetti, Vol. IV, p. 351 l. 6–7

     وممّا شاع من أفعال مولانا أيده الله في الجهاد إنشاؤه الأجفان بجميع السواحل واستكثاره من عُدَد البحر وهذا في زمان الصلح والمُهادنة إعْدادًا لأيّام القِرة وأخذًا بالحزم في قطع أَطْماع الكفّار.

     One of the most notable deeds of our master (God assist him!) of struggle is his engineering of enceintes on all shores, and his manifold provisions in naval matters, in time of peace and armistice to prepare for days of war, to shortcircuit the cravings of the infidels resolutely.

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 319
• Francisco, Felipe Benjamin (2019) “Preliminary Notes on the Arabic Dialect of the Chiadma (North of Essaouira)”, in Miller, Catherine, editor, Studies on Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of AIDA held in Marseille from May 30th to June 2nd 2017, Aix-on-Provence: Institut de recherches et d’études sur les mondes arabes et musulmans, page 87