جري

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, running, or moving smoothly. It extends to concepts of continuous action, progression, and the passage of time. Derived meanings also include speed, agency, and natural disposition.

Derived headwords

جَرَىverb

1.
to flowboth
Used for liquids like water or blood, indicating smooth, continuous movement.
2.
to runboth
Used for animals like horses, indicating swift movement.
3.
to occurboth
To happen or take place.
4.
to proceedboth
To move forward or continue.

جرى الماء ونحوه — Water and the like flowed

جرى الفرس — The horse ran

جَرْيnoun

1.
flowingboth
The act or state of flowing, especially of liquids.
2.
runningboth
The act or state of running, especially of animals.
3.
flowboth
The movement of a liquid.

جريا — flowing/running (masdar)

جَرَيَانnoun

1.
flowboth
The continuous movement of a liquid.
2.
runningboth
The act of running or moving swiftly.
3.
progressionboth
The act of moving forward or continuing.

وجريانا — and flowing/running (masdar)

جِرْيَةnoun

1.
flow (of water)classical
Specifically refers to the flow of water.

ما أشد جرية هذا الماء — How strong is the flow of this water

جَرَاءnoun

1.
running (of a horse)classical
Specifically refers to the running of a horse.
2.
youthclassical
The period of youth or early life.

جراء وشد كالحريق ضريج — running and strong like a raging fire

طال جراؤها — its youth has become long

أَجْرَىverb

1.
to make flowboth
To cause a liquid to flow.
2.
to make runboth
To cause an animal to run.
3.
to conductboth
To carry out or perform an action or process.
4.
to sendboth
To dispatch someone or something.

أجريت الماء على الماء أجزأ عنك — Making water flow onto water suffices for you

أجرى وكيلا — He sent an agent

مُجْرَىnoun

1.
place of flowingboth
The channel or course through which something flows.
2.
courseboth
The path or direction of movement.
3.
movementboth
The act of moving.
4.
vowel movementclassical
In poetry, the movement (vowel) of the rhyme letter.

بسم الله مجراها ومرساها — In the name of Allah is its course and its anchoring

المجرى في الشعر: حركة حرف الروي — The majra in poetry: the movement of the rhyme letter

جَارَىverb

1.
to run alongsideboth
To move or compete with someone or something.
2.
to keep pace withboth
To match someone's speed or progress.
3.
to emulateboth
To try to equal or excel.

جاراه مجاراة وجراء: جرى معه — He ran alongside him, emulating him

ليجاري به العلماء — to emulate the scholars with it

مُجَارَاةnoun

1.
emulationboth
The act of trying to equal or excel.
2.
competitionboth
The act of competing with others.
3.
keeping paceboth
Matching someone's speed or progress.

وجاراه مجاراة وجراء — and he emulated him

الإجْرِيَاnoun

1.
runningclassical
The act of running.
2.
courseclassical
The way or manner in which something proceeds.
3.
habitclassical
A natural disposition or tendency.

والإجريا، بالكسر: الجري — and al-ijriya: running

على كل إجريا يشق الخمائلا — on every course, cutting through the thickets

جَارِيَةnoun

1.
sunboth
The sun, named for its movement across the sky.
2.
shipboth
A ship, often used as a descriptive term.
3.
young womanboth
A young, unmarried woman.
4.
blessingclassical
A continuous blessing or favor from God.

والشمس تجري لمستقر لها — And the sun runs to its resting place

حملناكم في الجارية — We carried you in the ship

الأرزاق جارية — Provisions are flowing

جَوَارِيnoun

1.
shipsboth
Plural of 'jariya', referring to ships.
2.
young womenboth
Plural of 'jariya', referring to young women.
3.
starsclassical
The 'hidden' stars, referring to their movement.

وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام — And His are the ships, rising from the sea like mountains

والجواري الكنس — And the hidden stars

جِرَايَةnoun

1.
youthclassical
The period of youth or early life.
2.
agencyclassical
The state of being an agent or representative.
3.
stipendclassical
A regular payment or allowance.

والجراء والجرا والجرائية — and youth, and youth, and youth

والجراية: الجاري من الوظائف — and al-jiraya: the ongoing of stipends

مَجَارِيnoun

1.
channelsboth
Courses or paths for flow.
2.
ends of wordsclassical
In grammar, the points where inflectional or building movements occur.

المجاري: أواخر الكلم — Al-majari: the ends of words

وهي تجري على ثمانية مجار — and they run on eight courses

جُدَاءnoun

1.
benefitclassical
Usefulness or advantage.
2.
singingclassical
A type of singing or melody.

قليل الجداء عنك — little benefit from you

الجداء: الغناء — Al-juda': singing

جَرِيّnoun

1.
agentboth
Someone who acts on behalf of another.
2.
messengerboth
Someone sent on an errand.
3.
employeeclassical
Someone hired to perform a service.
4.
guarantorclassical
Someone who guarantees a debt or obligation.

فأرسلوا جريا — So they sent a messenger

جري بين الجراية والجراية — an agent between agency and agency

أَجْرَىverb

1.
to send an agentboth
To dispatch someone as an agent or representative.

أجرى: أرسل وكيلا، كجرى بالتشديد — ajra: sent an agent, like jara with shadda

جَرَاكprepositional phrase

1.
for your sakeclassical
For your benefit or purpose.

من جراك — for your sake

تَجَرَّىverb

1.
to flowclassical
To move or pass along.
2.
to be carried awayclassical
To be moved or influenced by something.

تتجارى بهم الأهواء — desires carry them away

جُرَيْرِيَةname

1.
Habiba bint Abi Tajraclassical
A female companion (Sahabiya).

جِرْيَةnoun

1.
gulletclassical
The crop or gullet of a bird or animal.

ألقه في جريتك — throw it into your gullet

أَجَارِيnoun

1.
styles of runningclassical
Different ways or styles of running.

فرس ذو أجاري — a horse with styles of running

جَارِيَةnoun

1.
windclassical
The wind, referring to its movement.

يوما أباري في الرياح الجواريا — and another day I race the winds

جَارَىverb

1.
to flowclassical
To move or pass along.

تجاروا في الحديث كجاروا — they flowed in conversation like they flowed

مَجْرَىnoun

1.
watercourseboth
The channel of a river or stream.

مجرى النهر: مسيله — The course of the river: its channel

جَارِيَةnoun

1.
eye of an animalclassical
The eye of any living creature.

والجارية: عين كل حيوان — And al-jariya: the eye of every animal

جَرَىverb

1.
to continueclassical
To persist or remain.

جرى له الشيء: دام — Something continued for him: it lasted

أَجْرَىverb

1.
to make continuousclassical
To cause something to be ongoing or lasting.

أجريت عليه كذا: أي أدمت له — I made such-and-such continuous for him: meaning, I made it last for him

جَارِيَةadjective

1.
continuousclassical
Ongoing and uninterrupted, like a perpetual endowment.

صدقة جارية: أي دارة متصلة — a continuous charity: meaning, an ongoing endowment

جَرِيّnoun

1.
servantclassical
A domestic servant.

حث جريك بالمحصن — your servant urges the stored provisions

اسْتَجْرَىverb

1.
to seek agencyclassical
To seek someone to act as an agent.
2.
to take as agentclassical
To appoint someone as an agent.

استجراه جريا: اتخذه وكيلا — he took him as an agent: he made him a representative

ولا يستجرينكم الشيطان — and let not Satan take you as his agent

الإجْرِيَاnoun

1.
habitclassical
Custom or usual practice.

والإجريا بالكسر والتخفيف لغة في الإجريا بالتشديد، بمعنى العادة — and al-ijriya (with kasr and lightened ya) is a variant of al-ijriya (with shadda), meaning habit

Parallel reading

جرى الماء ونحوه كالدم

Water and the like flowed like blood

الجري المر السريع

Al-jary is the swift, flowing one

ما أشد جرية هذا الماء

How strong is the flow of this water

وهذه الأنهار تجري من تحتي

And these rivers flow from beneath me

جرى الفرس وجراء، بالكسر

The horse ran, and jara' (noun), with kasr

إذا أجريت الماء على الماء أجزأ عنك

If you make water flow onto water, it suffices for you

جاراه مجاراة وجراء: جرى معه

He ran alongside him, emulating him: he ran with him

من طلب العلم ليجاري به العلماء

Whoever seeks knowledge to emulate the scholars with it

والشمس تجري لمستقر لها

And the sun runs to its resting place

حملناكم في الجارية

We carried you in the ship

وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام

And His are the ships, rising from the sea like mountains

الأرزاق جارية والأعطيات دارة متصلة

Provisions are flowing and gifts are continuous

كان ذلك أيام جرائها، بالفتح، أي صباها

That was during its days of youth, with fath, meaning its youth

والمجرى في الشعر: حركة حرف الروي

And the majra in poetry: the movement of the rhyme letter

بسم الله مجراها ومرساها

In the name of Allah is its course and its anchoring

فأرسلوا جريا، أي رسولا

So they sent a messenger, meaning a messenger

أجرت البقلة: صارت لها جراء

The herb became lush: it grew

وفعلته من جراك، ساكنة مقصورة وتمد: أي من أجلك

And you did it for your sake, with a sakin, maqsur, and extended: meaning for your sake

تتجارى بهم الأهواء

Desires carry them away

وهو يجري مجراه: حاله كحاله

And it follows its course: its state is like its state

صدقة جارية: أي دارة متصلة كالوقوف المرصدة لأبواب البر

A continuous charity: meaning an ongoing endowment like endowments designated for acts of charity

ولا يستجرينكم الشيطان

And let not Satan take you as his agent