Learn Arabic › A1 › جَرِيمَة
جَرِيمَة
crime /d͡ʒaˈriːma/
nounA1#368 most common
Also: offense, felony, wrongdoing
Example sentences
هَذِهِ جَريمَةٌ.
This is a crime.
الْقَتْلُ جَريمَةٌ خَطيرَةٌ.
Murder is a serious crime.
ارْتَكَبَ الرَّجُلُ جَريمَةً بَشِعَةً.
The man committed a hideous crime.
تُحَقِّقُ الشُّرْطَةُ في جَريمَةٍ وَقَعَتْ أَمْسِ.
The police are investigating a crime that took place yesterday.
لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمُحَقِّقونَ أَيَّ دَليلٍ يَرْبِطُ الْمُتَّهَمَ بِالْجَريمَةِ.
The investigators found no evidence linking the accused to the crime.
تَتَطَلَّبُ مُكافَحَةُ الْجَريمَةِ الْمُنَظَّمَةِ تَعاوُنًا دَوْليًّا وَتَشْريعاتٍ صارِمَةً.
Combating organized crime requires international cooperation and strict legislation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَرِيمَةٌ | جَرَائِمُ |
| Genitive | جَرِيمَةٍ | جَرَائِمَ |
| Accusative | جَرِيمَةً | جَرَائِمَ |
| Vocative | يَا جَرِيمَةُ | يَا جَرَائِمُ |
Word family
مُجْرِمcriminal
جُرْمoffense, guilt
أَجْرَمَto commit a crime
إِجْرَامِيّcriminal
جَرَائِمcrimes (plural)
Etymology
جَرِيمَة comes from the triconsonantal root ج-ر-م, which carries the sense of committing a sin or offense. The same root gives the verb أَجْرَمَ, meaning to commit a crime, and the noun مُجْرِم, a criminal. The word follows the فَعِيلَة pattern and names a single offense. It is the standard term for crime across Modern Standard Arabic.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free