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ق-ر-أ

reading

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6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- قَرَأَ
  to read; to recite
  Still to comeA1
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  Present
  يَقْرَأُ
  Command
  اِقْرَأْ
فِعَالَة
Masdar فِعَالَة
فِعَالَة = the activity as a whole
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- قِرَاءَةٌ
  reading
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- قَارِئٌ
  reader; Quran reciter
  Still to comeA2
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  Plural
  قُرَّاءُ
  Feminine
  قَارِئَةٌ
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَقْرُوءٌ
  legible; read
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  مَقْرُوءَةٌ
فُعْلَان
Noun فُعْلَان
فُعْلَان = a noun of the act, with -ān
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- قُرْآنٌ
  the Quran ('the recitation')
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
فَعْلِيّ
Relation adjective -iyy (نِسْبَة)
ـِيّ = belonging to / related to
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- قُرْآنِيٌّ
  Quranic
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  قُرْآنِيَّةٌ

How the patterns shape this root

قَرَأَ is to read, and اِقْرَأْ — read! — was the first word revealed in the Quran. The root ends in hamza: قَرَأَ، يَقْرَأُ، قِرَاءَة (reading, with the hamza on the line after ā), قَارِئ (the reader, with it on a ي seat), مَقْرُوء (legible). الْقُرْآن itself is 'the recitation', the thing read aloud, and قُرْآنِيّ is Quranic.

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