جَرَى happened in Arabic
جَرَى is how you say “happened” in Arabic.
Root ج ر ى j-r-y. verb (form I). jarā.
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Meaning of happened in Arabic
- to run, flow, course along properly said of water; extended to a horse, a ship, and the sun or stars pursuing their course
- to happen, occur, come to pass tropical use — a thing 'ran' to someone, i.e. befell or occurred to him; source of the given gloss 'happened'
- to aim at, hasten toward, betake oneself to something used with إلى; also of a dispute or controversy that 'ran on' between people
Example sentence
ما جرى على آدم هو المراد من وجوده
What happened to Adam was the purpose of his existence.
جَرَى happened
Past-tense verb 'happened, occurred', 'he/it' form.
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How it is used
جرى describes literal motion (water, a horse, a ship, the sun's course) and is extended figuratively to events 'happening' to a person and to disputes 'running on'; the phrase مَا جَرَى is used to mean 'events, occurrences'.
Words from the same root
- جرّى to send, or appoint, as a deputy or commissioned agent (form II)
- جَارَى to run alongside someone; to vie or compete with him, e.g. in discourse (form III)
- أَجْرَى to make something run or flow; to make a horse or ship run; to grant a standing allowance (form IV)
- جَرِىٌّ a deputy, a commissioned agent
- جِرْيَةٌ a running, a flowing (verbal noun of jarā)
- مُجَارَاةٌ the act of vying, running together, or competing (verbal noun of jārā)
More example sentences
فالثباتُ ماءٌ يجري، والانقطاعُ سيلٌ يعصف ثم يجف
For perseverance is like flowing water, while discontinuity is like a torrent that rages and then dries up.
يَجْرِي it flows
Present-tense verb 'yajri' = 'it runs, flows'; subject 'it' (water) is built in.
السابع أن رد الماء إلى الاحليل أو الصلب بعد خروجه منه غير معروف ولا هو أمر معتاد جرت به القدرة وإن كان مقدورًا للرب تعالى
The seventh is that returning water to the urethra or backbone after it has departed is neither known nor a usual occurrence allowed by power, even if it is something the Lord Almighty can do.
جَرَتْ it allowed
This is a completed-action verb 'it ran/flowed', feminine to agree with the feminine 'power' that follows as its subject. Used idiomatically, 'the power ran with it' means 'the power habitually brought it about'. The feminine shape signals the subject's gender.
تَدْرُونَ مَا جَرَى بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَارُونِ الرَّشِيدِ؟
Do you know what happened between me and the Commander of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid?
جَرَى happened
A past-tense verb with its 'it' subject built in, naming the event the embedded question is about. Used of happenings, it carries a 'took place' sense. Person and tense ride inside the verb.
Common questions
- How do you say "happened" in Arabic?
- جَرَى (jarā) — literally 'it ran, or flowed', extended to mean 'it happened, occurred'.
- What is the core meaning of the root ج ر ى؟
- It centers on running or flowing — said originally of water, then of horses, ships, and the sun's course, and figuratively of events that 'run' to someone, i.e. happen.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).