قرية

See also: قریه

Arabic

Etymology 1

قَرْيَة

From the root ق ر ي (q-r-y). Cognate with Hebrew קִרְיָה (kiryá), Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܬܐ (qərīṯā), Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt), Phoenician 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕 (, qʾrt, “city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qar.ja/

• Audio:

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Noun

قَرْيَة • (qarya) f (plural قُرًى (quran))

1. city, town
2. (modern) village, hamlet, rural community

   هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.

   hāʔulāʔi l-fallāḥūna hum min tilka l-qaryati l-miṣriyyati l-kabīrati.

   These farmers are from that big Egyptian village.

Declension

Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَة qarya	الْقَرْيَة al-qarya	قَرْيَة qaryat
Nominative	قَرْيَةٌ qaryatun	الْقَرْيَةُ al-qaryatu	قَرْيَةُ qaryatu
Accusative	قَرْيَةً qaryatan	الْقَرْيَةَ al-qaryata	قَرْيَةَ qaryata
Genitive	قَرْيَةٍ qaryatin	الْقَرْيَةِ al-qaryati	قَرْيَةِ qaryati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَتَيْن qaryatayn	الْقَرْيَتَيْن al-qaryatayn	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Nominative	قَرْيَتَانِ qaryatāni	الْقَرْيَتَانِ al-qaryatāni	قَرْيَتَا qaryatā
Accusative	قَرْيَتَيْنِ qaryatayni	الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ al-qaryatayni	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Genitive	قَرْيَتَيْنِ qaryatayni	الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ al-qaryatayni	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَى qurā	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Nominative	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Accusative	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Genitive	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā

Derived terms

• اَلْقَرْيَتَان (al-qaryatān)
• أُمّ الْقُرَى (ʔumm al-qurā)

Related terms

• قَرَوِيّ (qarawiyy)
• قُرَوِيّ (qurawiyy)

See also

• بَلَد (balad)
• مَدِينَة (madīna)
• كَفْر (kafr)
• ضَيْعَة (ḍayʕa)
• بَدْو (badw)
• حِلَّة (ḥilla)
• رُسْتَاق (rustāq)

Etymology 2

قَرِيَّة

From the root ق ر و (q-r-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.rij.ja/

Noun

قَرِيَّة • (qariyya) f (obsolete)

1. staff, cane, pole, yard
2. yard of a ship

Declension

Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَة qarya	الْقَرْيَة al-qarya	قَرْيَة qaryat
Nominative	قَرْيَةٌ qaryatun	الْقَرْيَةُ al-qaryatu	قَرْيَةُ qaryatu
Accusative	قَرْيَةً qaryatan	الْقَرْيَةَ al-qaryata	قَرْيَةَ qaryata
Genitive	قَرْيَةٍ qaryatin	الْقَرْيَةِ al-qaryati	قَرْيَةِ qaryati