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جارِي
current /ˈdʒaː.riː/
adjectiveB1#2116 most common
Also: ongoing, flowing, in progress
Example sentences
الماء جارٍ.
The water is flowing.
العمل جارٍ الآن.
The work is ongoing now.
عندي حساب جارٍ في البنك.
I have a current account at the bank.
لا يزال المشروع جارياً حتى اليوم.
The project is still ongoing to this day.
ستُعقد الاجتماعات المهمة في الشهر الجاري.
The important meetings will be held this month.
النقاش جارٍ على قدم وساق بين الطرفين.
The discussion is proceeding at full speed between the two parties.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جارٍ / الجاري | جارون / الجارون |
| Genitive | جارٍ / الجاري | جارين / الجارين |
| Accusative | جارياً / الجاري | جارين / الجارين |
| Vocative | يا جاري | يا جارون |
Word family
جَرىto flow, to run, to happen
جَرَيانflow, streaming
مَجرىwatercourse, channel
جاريةcurrent, ongoing (feminine)
إجراءprocedure, measure
Etymology
The word is the active participle of the verb جرى, meaning to flow or run. Its literal sense is water in motion. From there Arabic extended it to anything in progress: the current month, an ongoing project, a running account.
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