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مَجْرَى
channel (a course through which something flows) /madʒˈraː/
nounB1#2901 most common
Also: watercourse, duct/tract, course (of events)
Example sentences
هذا مَجْرَى النَّهْرِ.
This is the river's channel.
مِياهُ الأمطارِ تَسيلُ في هذا المَجْرَى.
Rainwater flows through this channel.
يَنبَغي تَنظيفُ مَجْرَى الصَّرْفِ بِانتِظام.
The drain channel needs regular cleaning.
أُصيبَ الطِّفلُ بِالتِهابٍ في المَجْرَى التَّنَفُّسي.
The child developed an infection in the respiratory tract.
غَيَّرَ الفَيَضانُ مَجْرَى النَّهْرِ بِشَكلٍ كامِل.
The flood completely altered the river's course.
حاوَلَ الوَزيرُ أن يُغَيِّرَ مَجْرَى الأحداثِ السِّياسِيَّةِ قَبلَ فَواتِ الأوانِ.
The minister tried to change the course of political events before it was too late.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَجْرًى | مَجَارٍ |
| Genitive | مَجْرًى | مَجَارٍ |
| Accusative | مَجْرًى | مَجَارِيَ |
| Vocative | يا مَجْرَى | يا مَجَارِيَ |
Word family
جَرَىto flow, run, happen
جَارٍcurrent, running, ongoing
جَرَيانflow, flowing, current
إجراءprocedure, measure, action
مُجْرٍpresenter, host
Etymology
مَجْرَى comes from the Arabic root ج ر ي (j-r-y), which carries the sense of flowing or running. The pattern مَفْعَل turns a verb into a noun of place or manner, so مَجْرَى literally denotes the place or way in which something flows. Over time it extended from physical watercourses to any channel, duct, or figurative course, such as the course of events. This is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing.
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