قرأ

See also: قرا‎

Arabic
Root
ق ر ء‎ (q-r-ʔ)
تَقْرَأُ ٱمْرَأَةٌ (taqraʔu mraʔatun)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḳ-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 ʔana biqāriʔin.
    I will not read.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:19:
      ‏فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ‎
      faʔammā man ʔūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāʔumu qraʔū kitābiyah
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  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 quote)
  5. to match portion to portion, to draw together piece by piece
  6. to cite, to recite, to quote, to bring back information

Conjugation
Conjugation of
قَرَأَ
(form-I sound, verbal nouns قِرَاءَة or قُرْآن)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
qirāʔa or qurʔān
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
qāriʔ
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مَقْرُوء‎

maqrūʔ
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m
qaraʔtu
qaraʔta
قَرَأَ

qaraʔa
قَرَأْتُمَا‎

qaraʔtumā
قَرَآ‎

qaraʔā
qaraʔnā
qaraʔtum
qaraʔū
f
qaraʔti
qaraʔat
قَرَأَتَا‎

qaraʔatā
qaraʔtunna
qaraʔna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m
ʔaqraʔu
taqraʔu
yaqraʔu
تَقْرَآنِ‎

taqraʔāni
يَقْرَآنِ‎

yaqraʔāni
naqraʔu
taqraʔūna
yaqraʔūna
f
taqraʔīna
taqraʔu
تَقْرَآنِ‎

taqraʔāni
taqraʔna
yaqraʔna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m
ʔaqraʔa
taqraʔa
yaqraʔa
تَقْرَآ‎

taqraʔā
يَقْرَآ‎

yaqraʔā
naqraʔa
taqraʔū
yaqraʔū
f
taqraʔī
taqraʔa
تَقْرَآ‎

taqraʔā
taqraʔna
yaqraʔna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m
ʔaqraʔ
taqraʔ
yaqraʔ
تَقْرَآ‎

taqraʔā
يَقْرَآ‎

yaqraʔā
naqraʔ
taqraʔū
yaqraʔū
f
taqraʔī
taqraʔ
تَقْرَآ‎

taqraʔā
taqraʔna
yaqraʔna
imperative
الْأَمْر		 m
iqraʔ
اِقْرَآ‎

iqraʔā
iqraʔū
f
iqraʔī
iqraʔna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m
quriʔtu
quriʔta
quriʔa
قُرِئْتُمَا‎

quriʔtumā
قُرِئَا‎

quriʔā
quriʔnā
quriʔtum
quriʔū
f
quriʔti
quriʔat
قُرِئَتَا‎

quriʔatā
quriʔtunna
quriʔna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m
ʔuqraʔu
tuqraʔu
yuqraʔu
تُقْرَآنِ‎

tuqraʔāni
يُقْرَآنِ‎

yuqraʔāni
nuqraʔu
tuqraʔūna
yuqraʔūna
f
tuqraʔīna
tuqraʔu
تُقْرَآنِ‎

tuqraʔāni
tuqraʔna
yuqraʔna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m
ʔuqraʔa
tuqraʔa
yuqraʔa
تُقْرَآ‎

tuqraʔā
يُقْرَآ‎

yuqraʔā
nuqraʔa
tuqraʔū
yuqraʔū
f
tuqraʔī
tuqraʔa
تُقْرَآ‎

tuqraʔā
tuqraʔna
yuqraʔna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m
ʔuqraʔ
tuqraʔ
yuqraʔ
تُقْرَآ‎

tuqraʔā
يُقْرَآ‎

yuqraʔā
nuqraʔ
tuqraʔū
yuqraʔū
f
tuqraʔī
tuqraʔ
تُقْرَآ‎

tuqraʔā
tuqraʔna
yuqraʔna

Descendants
  • Algerian Arabic: قرا‎ (qrā)
  • Egyptian Arabic: قرا‎ (ʔara)
  • Gulf Arabic: قرا‎ (gira)
  • Maltese: qara
  • Moroccan Arabic: قرا‎ (qrā)
  • Tunisian Arabic: قرا‎ (qrā)
  • South Levantine Arabic: قرا‎ (ʔara)

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