to run
Defective verb (Form I). Past: jarā, Present: yajrī. Also means 'to happen/occur'.
Jim-Ra-Ya
2 words from this root family
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.
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
جَرَى jarā | to run | verb, A1 | 57× | Action Verbs - Work & Study |
جَرْي jary | running / jogging | noun, A2 | Music & Art |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
۞ قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِSay: 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,
۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌAnd he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِAnd of His portents are the ships, like banners on the sea;
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).
Defective verb (Form I). Past: jarā, Present: yajrī. Also means 'to happen/occur'.