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قَرَأَ

to read

VerbForm IRoot ق-ر-ء

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Present tense
يَقْرَأُ
Verbal nouns
قِرَاءَة، قُرْآن
Active participle
قَارِئ
Passive participle
مَقْرُوء

Most common words from the same root

Noun
قِرَاءَة
reading
Noun
قُرَّاء
bookworm
Noun
قَارِئ
reader

قَرَأَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to read
    مَا أَنَا بِقَارِئٍ.I cannot read.
    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْAs for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:19
  2. To read the works of (a specific author).
    قَرَأَ لِلْجَاحِظِHe read [the works of] Al-Jāḥiẓ
  3. to recite
    وَأَخَذَ كِتَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَ قَرَأَ فِي مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: كُلُّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ وَنَسْمَعُ لَهُThen he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.”1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Exodus, 24:7
  4. review or study
  5. to collect together or to gather piece by piece
    إنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ / فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُIndeed, upon Us [is] its collection and its recitation / So when We [have] recited it, follow thou its recitation.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:17-18
  6. to match portion to portion, to draw together piece by piece
  7. to cite, to recite, to quote, to bring back information

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḳaraʔ-.

Words from the root ق-ر-ء

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

قَرَأَ · present يَقْرَأُ
Form I · The plain action

to read; To read the works of (a specific author).; to recite

قِرَاءَة
Verbal noun
reading
قُرْآن
Verbal noun
قَارِئ
Active participle
reader
مَقْرُوء
Passive participle · Adjective
recited
أَقْرَأَ · present يُقْرِئُ
Form IV · Causative

to cause one to read or study, to cause one to know something by putting together information; to cause a thing to be rhymed or versified, to cause it to be easy to read or recollect; to cause one to draw near or approach, to come or turn back after being away

إِقْرَاء
Verbal noun
مُقْرِئ
Active participle
reciter of a Qur'an
مُقْرَأ
Passive participle
تَقَرَّأَ · present يَتَقَرَّأُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to cause oneself to read or study, to cause oneself to learn knowledge or a science of something; to become devoted to religious exercise or study

تَقَرُّؤ
Verbal noun
مُتَقَرِّئ
Active participle
مُتَقَرَّأ
Passive participle
اِنْقَرَأَ · present يَنْقَرِئُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative

to be read

اِنْقِرَاء
Verbal noun
مُنْقَرِئ
Active participle
اِقْتَرَأَ · present يَقْتَرِئُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

synonym of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa): to read

اِقْتِرَاء
Verbal noun
مُقْتَرِئ
Active participle
مُقْتَرَأ
Passive participle
اِسْتَقْرَأَ · present يَسْتَقْرِئُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to examine, to investigate

اِسْتِقْرَاء
Verbal noun
verbal noun of اِسْتَقْرَأَ
مُسْتَقْرِئ
Active participle
مُسْتَقْرَأ
Passive participle
قُرَّاء
Noun · m.
bookworm

قَرَأَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iقَرَأْتُأَقْرَأُأَقْرَأَأَقْرَأْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)قَرَأْتَتَقْرَأُتَقْرَأَتَقْرَأْاِقْرَأْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)قَرَأْتِتَقْرَئِينَتَقْرَئِيتَقْرَئِياِقْرَئِي
هُوَ heقَرَأَيَقْرَأُيَقْرَأَيَقْرَأْ—
هِيَ sheقَرَأَتْتَقْرَأُتَقْرَأَتَقْرَأْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoقَرَأْتُمَاتَقْرَآنِتَقْرَآتَقْرَآاِقْرَآ
هُمَا they two (m.)قَرَآيَقْرَآنِيَقْرَآيَقْرَآ—
هُمَا they two (f.)قَرَأَتَاتَقْرَآنِتَقْرَآتَقْرَآ—
نَحْنُ weقَرَأْنَانَقْرَأُنَقْرَأَنَقْرَأْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)قَرَأْتُمْتَقْرَؤُونَتَقْرَؤُواتَقْرَؤُوااِقْرَؤُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)قَرَأْتُنَّتَقْرَأْنَتَقْرَأْنَتَقْرَأْنَاِقْرَأْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)قَرَؤُوايَقْرَؤُونَيَقْرَؤُوايَقْرَؤُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)قَرَأْنَيَقْرَأْنَيَقْرَأْنَيَقْرَأْنَ—
Verbal nounقِرَاءَة، قُرْآن
Active participleقَارِئ
Passive participleمَقْرُوء

قَرَأَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to read

مَا أَنَا بِقَارِئٍ.I cannot read.

to read

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْAs for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:19

To read the works of

قَرَأَ لِلْجَاحِظِHe read [the works of] Al-Jāḥiẓ

to recite

وَأَخَذَ كِتَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَ قَرَأَ فِي مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: كُلُّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ وَنَسْمَعُ لَهُThen he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.”1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Exodus, 24:7

to collect together or to gather piece by piece

إنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ / فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُIndeed, upon Us [is] its collection and its recitation / So when We [have] recited it, follow thou its recitation.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:17-18

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