Arabic word sheet
بَرٌّ
Dry land
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ب ر ر
Meaning and usage
Dry land
The land, as opposed to the sea. Said of the shore reached by boat as well as of journeys that do not go by water.
وَصَلَتِ السَّفِينَةُ إِلَى الْبَرِّ صَبَاحًا.
The ship reached land in the morning.
Open wilderness
Open, uninhabited country, far from towns and water. Said of the places where wild animals and plants live.
تَعِيشُ الْغِزْلَانُ فِي الْبَرِّ.
Gazelles live in the wild.
Word family
What the root means ب ر ر
The root carries the idea of breadth and wide extent: the open land, as opposed to the sea. Applied to people, this breadth becomes generous kindness, devotion to one's own family and keeping one's word.
wilderness, open desert
بَرِّيَّةٌ
to travel by land
أَبَرَّ
outward, external
بَرَّانِيٌّ
devoted kindness, truthfulness
بِرٌّ
to keep one's oath, to be good to one's family
بَرَّ
kind and devoted to one's relatives
بَارٌّ
Synonyms
desert
صَحْرَاءُ
Narrower: it names specifically an arid region of sand or stone, whereas the headword covers any land away from the sea or from towns.
dry land
يَابِسَةٌ
A geographic term for land as opposed to water, without the idea of open, wild country that the headword can have.
Opposites
sea