قرأ

See also: قرا

Arabic

تَقْرَأ اِمْرَأَة

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ra.ʔa/
  • (file)

Verb

قَرَأَ (qaraʾa) I, non-past يَقْرَأُ‎ (yaqraʾu)

  1. to read, to recite
  2. review or study
  3. 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
      ʾinna ʿalaynā jamʿahū waqurʾānahū / faʾiḏā qaraʾnāhu fattabiʿ qurʾānahū
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  4. to match portion to portion, to draw together piece by piece
  5. 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
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