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Arabic root

ج-ر-ي

Jim-Ra-Ya

2 words from this root family

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Jim-Ra-Ya (ج-ر-ي) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: jarā (to run), jary (running / jogging).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 64 times in 64 verses, across 43 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:25. The form جَرَى (to run) accounts for 57 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Motion, Hobbies, Sports

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
جَرَى
jarā
to runverb, A157×Action Verbs - Work & Study
جَرْي
jary
running / joggingnoun, A2Music & Art

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

۞ قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

Say: Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who keep from evil, with their Lord, are Gardens underneath which rivers flow wherein they will abide, and pure companions, and contentment from Allah. Allah is Seer of His bondmen,

Quran 3:15
۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.

Quran 11:41
وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ

And of His portents are the ships, like banners on the sea;

Quran 42:32

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
جَرَى
jarā

to run

Example
جرى اللاعبُ بسرعةٍ
jarā al-lāʿibu bisurʿatin
The player ran fast
Grammar

Defective verb (Form I). Past: jarā, Present: yajrī. Also means 'to happen/occur'.

A2noun
جَرْي
jary

running / jogging

Example
أُمارِسُ الجَرْيَ كُلَّ صَباح.
umāris al-jary fī al-ḥadīqa.
I go running in the park.

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