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حَرِيق
fire (a blaze or conflagration) /ħaˈriːq/
nounA2#1362 most common
Also: blaze, conflagration, burning
Example sentences
هُنَاكَ حَرِيق فِي الْبِنَايَة.
There is a fire in the building.
وَقَعَ حَرِيق فِي الْمَطْبَخِ صَبَاحَ الْيَوْم.
A fire happened in the kitchen this morning.
أَطْفَأَ رِجَالُ الْإِطْفَاءِ الْحَرِيقَ بِسُرْعَة.
The firefighters put out the fire quickly.
اِنْدَلَعَ حَرِيق ضَخْم فِي الْغَابَةِ بِسَبَبِ ارْتِفَاعِ الْحَرَارَة.
A huge fire broke out in the forest because of the rising heat.
تَسَبَّبَ الْحَرِيقُ فِي خَسَائِرَ فَادِحَةٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسَيْطِرَ عَلَيْهِ فِرَقُ الْإِطْفَاء.
The fire caused severe losses before the fire crews controlled it.
لَمْ تَتَّضِحْ أَسْبَابُ الْحَرِيقِ بَعْدُ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ التَّحْقِيقَاتِ تُرَجِّحُ فَرَضِيَّةَ التَّمَاسِّ الْكَهْرَبَائِيِّ.
The causes of the fire are not yet clear, though investigations favor the electrical short-circuit hypothesis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَرِيقٌ (ḥarīqun) | حَرَائِقُ (ḥarāʾiqu) |
| Genitive | حَرِيقٍ (ḥarīqin) | حَرَائِقَ (ḥarāʾiqa) |
| Accusative | حَرِيقًا (ḥarīqan) | حَرَائِقَ (ḥarāʾiqa) |
| Vocative | يَا حَرِيقُ (yā ḥarīqu) | يَا حَرَائِقُ (yā ḥarāʾiqu) |
Word family
حَرَقَto burn (something)
اِحْتَرَقَto catch fire, burn up
حَارِقburning, scorching
مَحْرَقَةfurnace; burnt offering, holocaust
حُرْقَةburning sensation; anguish
Etymology
حَرِيق comes from the Semitic root ḥ-r-q, meaning to burn or set alight. It follows the faʿīl pattern, which here names the event or result of burning: a blaze. The same root gives the verb ḥaraqa, to burn, along with many related words for fire and scorching.
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