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رَوَى
to narrate /raˈwaː/
verbB1#1979 most common
Also: to relate, recount, to tell (a story), to transmit (a hadith or tradition)
Example sentences
رَوَى الأَبُ قِصَّةً.
The father told a story.
رَوَتْ جَدَّتِي حِكَايَةً جَمِيلَةً.
My grandmother told a beautiful tale.
رَوَى لَنَا المُعَلِّمُ قِصَّةً عَنِ الحَرْبِ.
The teacher told us a story about the war.
رَوَى الصَّحَابِيُّ حَدِيثًا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ.
The companion narrated a hadith about the Prophet.
رَوَى الرَّاوِي أَحْدَاثَ الرِّوَايَةِ بِأُسْلُوبٍ مُشَوِّقٍ.
The narrator recounted the novel's events in a gripping style.
رَوَى المُؤَرِّخُ الأَحْدَاثَ كَمَا شَهِدَهَا، دُونَ أَنْ يُضِيفَ إِلَيْهَا رَأْيَهُ.
The historian recounted the events as he witnessed them, without adding his own opinion.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْوِي | رَوَيْتُ | سَأَرْوِي |
| 2sg | تَرْوِي | رَوَيْتَ | سَتَرْوِي |
| 3sg | يَرْوِي | رَوَى | سَيَرْوِي |
| 1pl | نَرْوِي | رَوَيْنَا | سَنَرْوِي |
| 2pl | تَرْوُونَ | رَوَيْتُمْ | سَتَرْوُونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْوُونَ | رَوَوْا | سَيَرْوُونَ |
Word family
رِوَايَةnovel; account, narration
رَاوٍnarrator, transmitter
رِوَائِيّnovelist
مَرْوِيّnarrated, transmitted
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root r-w-y. In Arabic the root spans two senses: to water or quench thirst, and to carry or pass on a report. The narration sense grew central in Islamic scholarship, where a transmitter passes a tradition along a chain like water passed hand to hand.
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