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Also written جرى: جَرَى (to run)
Highlights
Present tense
يَجْرِي
Verbal nouns
جَرْي، جَرَيَان
Active participle
جَارٍ
Passive participle
مَجْرِيّ
Most common words from the same root
جَرَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to run (to move quickly as a river), to flow
بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَاThere is good news for you today! Gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 57:12
- to blow (wind)
- to take place, to happen
جَرَتْ مُحَادَثَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ بَيْنَهُم أَمْسِ.Yesterday, a long conversation took place between them.
Words from the root ج-ر-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
جَرَى
· present يَجْرِي
Form I · The plain action
to run (to move quickly as a river), to flow; to blow (wind); to take place, to happen
جَرَيَان
flow
جَارٍ
مَجْرِيّ
مَجْرًى
gutter
جَرَى
· present يَجْرِي
Form I · The plain action
to run (to move quickly on two feet)
جَرْي
جَارٍ
مَجْرِيّ
جَرَّى
· present يُجَرِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make flow; to implement, to enforce; to conduct, to carry out
تَجْرِيَة
مُجَرٍّ
مُجَرًّى
جَارَى
· present يُجَارِي
Form III · Done to or with someone
to play along or walk alongside
مُجَارَاة
مُجَارٍ
مُجَارًى
to let flow, to let happen; to conduct, to perform, to carry out (operation); to hold (conversation, talk, dialogue)
جَارِيَة
a handmaiden
جَرَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جَرَيْتُ | أَجْرِي | أَجْرِيَ | أَجْرِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جَرَيْتَ | تَجْرِي | تَجْرِيَ | تَجْرِ | اِجْرِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جَرَيْتِ | تَجْرِينَ | تَجْرِي | تَجْرِي | اِجْرِي |
| هُوَ he | جَرَى | يَجْرِي | يَجْرِيَ | يَجْرِ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَرَتْ | تَجْرِي | تَجْرِيَ | تَجْرِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جَرَيْتُمَا | تَجْرِيَانِ | تَجْرِيَا | تَجْرِيَا | اِجْرِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَرَيَا | يَجْرِيَانِ | يَجْرِيَا | يَجْرِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَرَتَا | تَجْرِيَانِ | تَجْرِيَا | تَجْرِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جَرَيْنَا | نَجْرِي | نَجْرِيَ | نَجْرِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جَرَيْتُمْ | تَجْرُونَ | تَجْرُوا | تَجْرُوا | اِجْرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جَرَيْتُنَّ | تَجْرِينَ | تَجْرِينَ | تَجْرِينَ | اِجْرِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَرَوْا | يَجْرُونَ | يَجْرُوا | يَجْرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جَرَيْنَ | يَجْرِينَ | يَجْرِينَ | يَجْرِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | جَرْي، جَرَيَان |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَارٍ |
| Passive participle | مَجْرِيّ |
جَرَى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to run
بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَاThere is good news for you today! Gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 57:12
to take place
جَرَتْ مُحَادَثَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ بَيْنَهُم أَمْسِ.Yesterday, a long conversation took place between them.
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