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بَرِّيّ
wild /barˈrijj/
adjectiveA2#1397 most common
Also: terrestrial, land-based, overland, by land, rural, of the open country
Example sentences
هَذَا حَيَوَانٌ بَرِّيٌّ.
This is a wild animal.
أُحِبُّ الزُّهُورَ الْبَرِّيَّةَ.
I love wild flowers.
نَأْكُلُ عَسَلًا بَرِّيًّا مِنَ الْجِبَالِ.
We eat wild honey from the mountains.
وَصَلَتِ الْقُوَّاتُ الْبَرِّيَّةُ إِلَى الْحُدُودِ.
The ground forces reached the border.
يَدْرُسُ الْعُلَمَاءُ النَّبَاتَاتِ الْبَرِّيَّةَ النَّادِرَةَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.
The scientists study the rare wild plants in the desert.
تُفَضِّلُ الْقَبَائِلُ سُلُوكَ الطَّرِيقِ الْبَرِّيِّ الْوَعْرِ عَلَى الْإِبْحَارِ، رَغْمَ مَخَاطِرِهِ.
The tribes prefer taking the rugged overland route over sailing, despite its dangers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَرِّيٌّ (barriyyun) | بَرِّيُّونَ (barriyyūna) |
| Genitive | بَرِّيٍّ (barriyyin) | بَرِّيِّينَ (barriyyīna) |
| Accusative | بَرِّيًّا (barriyyan) | بَرِّيِّينَ (barriyyīna) |
| Vocative | يا بَرِّيُّ (yā barriyyu) | يا بَرِّيُّونَ (yā barriyyūna) |
Word family
بَرّ (barr)dry land, mainland (vs. sea)
بَرِّيَّة (barriyya)wilderness, open desert
بَرَّانِيّ (barrāniyy)outer, external
بَرّاً (barran)by land, overland
Etymology
بَرِّيّ is a relative adjective built from the noun بَرّ (barr), 'dry land, open country,' the counterpart of بَحْر (baḥr), 'sea.' The suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into 'pertaining to the land,' and from there into 'wild' for animals and plants that live away from human settlement. The same root gives بَرِّيَّة (barriyya), 'wilderness,' and the adverb بَرّاً (barran), 'by land.'
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