قُرَنَاءٌ companions in Arabic
قُرَنَاءٌ is how you say “companions” in Arabic.
Root ق ر ن q-r-n. noun (broken plural of قَرِينٌ, qarīn). quranāʾ.
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Meaning of companions in Arabic
- companions, associates, comrades the plural (فُعَلَاء pattern) of the singular قَرِينٌ (qarīn), 'an associate; a comrade; a companion'
Example sentence
والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت
And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.
بِقُرَنَاءِ with companions
The preposition 'bi' = 'with'; qurana means 'companions' — the noun after 'bi' (takes the 'of' ending): 'with companions'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
The root ق ر ن centers on joining or coupling one thing to another (qarana, 'he connected a thing with a thing'). قُرَنَاءُ is the plural of قَرِينٌ, 'an associate, comrade, companion' — someone bound or paired to another, echoing qārana, 'he associated with, became the companion of' someone.
Words from the same root
- قَرَنَ he connected, coupled, or conjoined one thing with another (form I)
- قَارَنَهُ he associated with him, became his companion (form III)
- قِرَانٌ verbal noun of qāranahu: association, companionship
- قَرِينٌ an associate, comrade, or companion (singular of قُرَنَاءُ)
- قِرْنٌ an opponent or rival, or one's equal/match in courage
- قَرْنٌ one's equal in age; also 'a generation of people' or 'horn'
- قَرِينَةٌ a connexion or relation; a context
Common questions
- How do you say "companions" in Arabic?
- قُرَنَاءُ (quranāʾ) — the plural of قَرِينٌ (qarīn), 'associate, comrade, companion'.
- What is the singular of قُرَنَاءُ?
- قَرِينٌ (qarīn), meaning an associate, comrade, or companion.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).