كرى

See also: كري‎ and کری‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ر ي‎ (k-r-y).

Verb

كَرَى • (karā) I, non-past يَكْرِي‎‎ (yakrī)

  1. to dig, to grave
Conjugation

Noun

كَرًى • (karan) m

  1. verbal noun of كَرِيَ‎ (kariya, “to sleep”) (form I)
  2. sleep, slumber
    Synonym: نَوْم‎ (nawm)
    • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Jadaka al-Ghaithu:
      ‏جَادَكَ ٱلْغَيْثُ إِذَا ٱلْغَيْثُ هَمَا
      يَا زَمَانَ ٱلْوَصْلِ بِٱلْأَنْدَلُسِ
      لَمْ يَكُنْ وَصْلُكَ إِلَّا حُلُمًا
      فِي ٱلْكَرَى أَوْ خِلْسَةَ ٱلْمُخْتَلِسِ
      ‎
      jādaka l-ḡayṯu ʔiḏā l-ḡayṯu hamā
      yā zamāna l-waṣli bi-l-ʔandalusi
      lam yakun waṣluka ʔillā ḥuluman
      fī l-karā ʔaw ḵilsata l-muḵtalisi
      the rain would befit you if the rain fell
      oh the time of reunion in Andalusia
      your reunion wasn't but a dream
      in the sleep or a surreptitious passing (= something that passes quickly)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

كُرًى • (kuran) f pl

  1. plural of كُرَة‎ (kura)
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