Arabic word sheet
جَرَى
To flow
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ج ر ي
Meaning and usage
To flow
Said of water and of any liquid moving along: a river, tears, blood. This is the first meaning of the word.
جَرَى الْمَاءُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.
The water flowed in the garden.
To run
Said of a horse or another animal, and of a person, moving very fast on its legs.
جَرَى الْحِصَانُ فِي الْحَقْلِ.
The horse ran in the field.
To move along its course
Said of a ship running over the water, and of the sun or the stars travelling across the sky.
جَرَتِ السَّفِينَةُ فِي الْبَحْرِ.
The ship ran along on the sea.
To happen, to take place
Said of an event that occurs, or of what happens to someone.
جَرَى الْحَادِثُ أَمَامَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
The accident happened in front of the school.
Word family
What the root means ج ر ي
The root is about moving along quickly without stopping, first of all said of water. From it come the words for running and flowing, the course a thing follows, the ship, making something flow or run, and running alongside someone.
running, a run
جَرْيٌ
flowing, flow
جَرَيَانٌ
course, run
مَجْرًى
ship
جَارِيَةٌ
to make flow, to make run
أَجْرَى
Synonyms
to flow
سَالَ
Only said of a liquid flowing, never of someone running or of an event.
to run
عَدَا
Only said of a person or an animal running, never of water.
Opposites
to stop
وَقَفَ
to be still
سَكَنَ