Appendix:Arabic roots/ع ر ي

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew ע ר ם.

Root

ع ر ي • (ʕ r y)

1. related to bareness, nakedness

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: عَرِيَ (ʕariya, “to be bare, to be naked”)
  • Verbal noun: عُرْي (ʕury)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: عَرَّى (ʕarrā, “to disrobe, to unclothe”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْرِيَة (taʕriya)
  • Active participle: مُعَرٍّ (muʕarrin)
  • Passive participle: مُعَرًّى (muʕarran)
• Form III: عَارَى (ʕārā)
  • Verbal noun: مُعَارَاة (muʕārāh)
  • Active participle: مُعَارٍ (muʕārin)
  • Passive participle: مُعَارًى (muʕāran)
• Form IV: أَعْرَى (ʔaʕrā)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْرَاء (ʔiʕrāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُعْرٍ (muʕrin)
  • Passive participle: مُعْرًى (muʕran)
• Form V: تَعَرَّى (taʕarrā)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَرٍّ (taʕarrin)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَرٍّ (mutaʕarrin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَرًّى (mutaʕarran)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْرَى (istaʕrā)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْرَاء (istiʕrāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْرٍ (mustaʕrin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْرًى (mustaʕran)
• Form XII: اِعْرَوْرَى (iʕrawrā)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْرِيرَاء (iʕrīrāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُعْرَوْرٍ (muʕrawrin)

Nouns

• عَرَاء (ʕarāʔ, “bareness, nakedness”)

Adjectives

• عَارٍ (ʕārin)
• عُرْيَان (ʕuryān)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عرى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen