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قَرْيَة in English
Noun · feminine
- any populated area or the community thereof
- an urban area or community (such as a town or a city)
- a rural area or community (such as a village), a hamlet
هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.These farmers are from that big Egyptian village.
Words from the root ق-ر-ي
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قَرَى
· present يَقْرِي
Form I · The plain action
to receive or treat as a guest, to entertain, to feed in hospitality
قَارٍ
مَقْرِيّ
any populated area or the community thereof
قَارِيَة
village as opposed to desert
قَرْيَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
a rural area or community
هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.These farmers are from that big Egyptian village.
From a fully vowelled text
وَدَنَّةُ وَقَرْيَةُ سَنَّةَ، هِيَ دَبِيرُ.And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,Joshua 15:49, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
جَلْعَادُ قَرْيَةُ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ مَدُوسَةٌ بِالدَّمِ.Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.Hosea 6:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
كَيْفَ لَمْ تُتْرَكِ الْمَدِينَةُ الشَّهِيرَةُ، قَرْيَةُ فَرَحِي؟How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!Jeremiah 49:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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