حرا

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to heat, warmth, and intensity. It extends to concepts of proximity, desire, suitability, and careful selection or intention. It also encompasses specific geographical locations and a type of snake.

Derived headwords

حَرْوَةnoun

1.
heat, warmthboth
The sensation of heat or warmth, often associated with food.

حَرَاوَةnoun

1.
heat, warmthboth
The quality of being hot or warm; heat.

حِرَافَةnoun

1.
sharpness, pungencyclassical
The sharp or pungent quality of something edible.

حَرَاةnoun

1.
courtyard, open spaceboth
An open area, a courtyard, or a vicinity.
2.
sound, clamorclassical
Noise, clamor, the sound of fire burning, or rustling leaves.
3.
ostrich's nestclassical
The place where an ostrich lays its eggs.

حَرَىnoun

1.
feminine of ḥarrānboth
feminine of ḥarrān
2.
meaning worthy and fittingboth
meaning worthy and fitting

حَرَانnoun

1.
a name of a country/cityboth
a name of a country/city

مَحْرَاةnoun

1.
place of suitability, likelihoodclassical
A place or condition that makes something likely or suitable to happen.

أَحْرَاهُverb

1.
how likely it isclassical
An expression of strong likelihood or probability regarding a situation.

حَرِيٌّadjective

1.
feminine of ḥarrānboth
feminine of ḥarrān
2.
meaning worthy and fittingboth
meaning worthy and fitting

حَرَىverb

1.
feminine of ḥarrānboth
feminine of ḥarrān
2.
meaning worthy and fittingboth
meaning worthy and fitting

تَحَرَّىverb

1.
to seek out, to aim forboth
To carefully seek, investigate, or aim for something.
2.
to reside, to stayclassical
To dwell or remain in a place.

حَارِيَةnoun

1.
a type of snakeclassical
A large, venomous snake, specifically one whose body has diminished due to age, considered particularly dangerous.

حِرَاءname

1.
with kasra and madd: a mountain in Mecca, mentioned and familiarboth
with kasra and madd: a mountain in Mecca, mentioned and familiar

Parallel reading

إني لأجد لهذا الطعام حروة وحراوة

I find this food to have heat and warmth.

والحراة: الساحة، والعقوة، والناحية

And al-ḥarāh means the courtyard, the open space, and the vicinity.

اذهب فلا أرينك بحراي وحراتي

Go, and may I not see you in my vicinity and my dwelling places.

لا تطر حرانا

Do not approach our dwelling place.

نزلت بحراه وعراة

I settled in its vicinity and its open space.

والحراة أيضا: الصوت والجلبة، وصوت التهاب النار وحفيف الشجر

And al-ḥarāh also means the sound and clamor, the sound of fire burning, and the rustling of trees.

والحرى أيضا: موضع بيض النعامة

And al-ḥarā also means the place of the ostrich's eggs.

وهذا الأمر محراة لذلك

And this matter is a place of likelihood for that.

وما أحراه

How likely it is!

وأحر به

And how likely it is!

هو حرى أن يفعل بالفتح

He is likely to do it (with fatḥa).

وهن حرى أن لا يثبنك نقرة

And they are likely not to be steadfast with you in a skirmish.

وأنت حرى بالنار حين تثيب

And you are worthy of the fire when you are punished.

هما حريان وهم حريون وأحرياء

They (dual, masculine) are worthy, and they (plural, masculine) are worthy and most worthy.

وهى حرية وهن حريات وحرايا

And she is worthy, and they (plural, feminine) are worthy and most worthy.

وهو طلب ما هو أحرى بالاستعمال في غالب الظن

And it is seeking what is more fitting for use in most likelihood.

فلان يتحرى الامر

So-and-so seeks out the matter.

فأولئك تحروا رشدا

Those are they who sought the right guidance.

ديمة هطلاء فيها وطف * طبق الأرض تحرى وتدر

A heavy, pouring rain with much water * Covering the earth, it seeks and flows.

حرى الشئ حريا، إذا نقص

A thing becomes ḥarīyan if it diminishes.

يحري كما يحري القمر

It diminishes like the moon diminishes.

وأحراه الزمان

And time has diminished it.

والحارية: الأفعى التي نقص جسمها من الكبر

And al-ḥāriyah is the snake whose body has diminished from age.

رماه الله بأفعى حارية

May God strike him with a diminishing snake.

ألسنا أكرم الثقلين طرا * وأعظمهم ببطن حراء نارا

Are we not the noblest of the two weighty things, * And the greatest of them in the valley of Ḥirā'?