قراءة

Arabic

Root
ق ر ء (q r ʔ)
11 terms

Etymology

From the root ق ر ء (q-r-ʔ), related to reading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.raː.ʔa/

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Noun

قِرَاءَة • (qirāʔa) f (dual قِرَاءَتَانِ (qirāʔatāni), plural قِرَاءَات (qirāʔāt))

1. verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) (form I)

   قراءَة الكتاب ― qirāʾat al-kitāb ― the reading of the book

2. reading
3. (countable) one of the variants in the recitation of the Quran

   يَحْفَظُ الْقُرْآنَ بِقِرَاءَةِ نَافِعٍ

   yaḥfaẓu l-qurʔāna biqirāʔati nāfiʕin

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of noun قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرَاءَة qirāʔa	الْقِرَاءَة al-qirāʔa	قِرَاءَة qirāʔat
Nominative	قِرَاءَةٌ qirāʔatun	الْقِرَاءَةُ al-qirāʔatu	قِرَاءَةُ qirāʔatu
Accusative	قِرَاءَةً qirāʔatan	الْقِرَاءَةَ al-qirāʔata	قِرَاءَةَ qirāʔata
Genitive	قِرَاءَةٍ qirāʔatin	الْقِرَاءَةِ al-qirāʔati	قِرَاءَةِ qirāʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرَاءَتَيْن qirāʔatayn	الْقِرَاءَتَيْن al-qirāʔatayn	قِرَاءَتَيْ qirāʔatay
Nominative	قِرَاءَتَانِ qirāʔatāni	الْقِرَاءَتَانِ al-qirāʔatāni	قِرَاءَتَا qirāʔatā
Accusative	قِرَاءَتَيْنِ qirāʔatayni	الْقِرَاءَتَيْنِ al-qirāʔatayni	قِرَاءَتَيْ qirāʔatay
Genitive	قِرَاءَتَيْنِ qirāʔatayni	الْقِرَاءَتَيْنِ al-qirāʔatayni	قِرَاءَتَيْ qirāʔatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرَاءَات qirāʔāt	الْقِرَاءَات al-qirāʔāt	قِرَاءَات qirāʔāt
Nominative	قِرَاءَاتٌ qirāʔātun	الْقِرَاءَاتُ al-qirāʔātu	قِرَاءَاتُ qirāʔātu
Accusative	قِرَاءَاتٍ qirāʔātin	الْقِرَاءَاتِ al-qirāʔāti	قِرَاءَاتِ qirāʔāti
Genitive	قِرَاءَاتٍ qirāʔātin	الْقِرَاءَاتِ al-qirāʔāti	قِرَاءَاتِ qirāʔāti

Synonyms

• مُطَالَعَة (muṭālaʕa)
• تِلَاوَة (tilāwa)

Related terms

• قَرَأَ (qaraʔa)
• اَلْقِرَاءَات اَلسَّبْع (al-qirāʔāt as-sabʕ)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qıraət
• → Ottoman Turkish: قرائت (kıraat)
  • Turkish: kıraat
• → Persian: قرائت (qerâ'at)
  • → Bengali: কেরাত (kerat)