Learn Arabic › A2 › قَرَأ
قَرَأ
to read /ˈqaraʔa/
verbA2#713 most common
Also: to recite, to read out, to peruse
Example sentences
هُوَ يَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا.
He is reading a book.
قَرَأْتُ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةَ أَمْسِ.
I read this story yesterday.
هَلْ قَرَأْتَ الْجَرِيدَةَ هَذَا الصَّبَاحَ؟
Did you read the newspaper this morning?
سَأَقْرَأُ الرِّوَايَةَ كَامِلَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ أُشَاهِدَ الْفِيلْمَ.
I will read the whole novel before I watch the film.
كُلَّمَا قَرَأْتُ هَذَا الشِّعْرَ، اكْتَشَفْتُ فِيهِ مَعْنًى جَدِيدًا.
Whenever I read this poem, I discover a new meaning in it.
لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ قَرَأَ التَّقْرِيرَ بِالْكَامِلِ حِينَ طُلِبَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُعَلِّقَ عَلَيْهِ أَمَامَ اللَّجْنَةِ.
He had not read the report in full when he was asked to comment on it before the committee.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقْرَأُ | قَرَأْتُ | سَأَقْرَأُ |
| 2sg | تَقْرَأُ | قَرَأْتَ | سَتَقْرَأُ |
| 3sg | يَقْرَأُ | قَرَأَ | سَيَقْرَأُ |
| 1pl | نَقْرَأُ | قَرَأْنَا | سَنَقْرَأُ |
| 2pl | تَقْرَؤُونَ | قَرَأْتُمْ | سَتَقْرَؤُونَ |
| 3pl | يَقْرَؤُونَ | قَرَؤُوا | سَيَقْرَؤُونَ |
Word family
قِرَاءَة (qirāʾa)reading, recitation
قَارِئ (qāriʾ)reader, reciter
قُرْآن (qurʾān)Quran, the recitation
مَقْرُوء (maqrūʾ)read; legible
اِقْرَأْ (iqraʾ)read! (imperative)
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root q-r-ʾ, with the sense of calling out, reading, or reciting. The same root gives Arabic the noun Qurʾān, meaning the recitation. Hebrew qara, to call or to read, descends from the same source.
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