هري

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mẖr (“store-house, granary”), Coptic ⲁϩⲟⲣ (ahor, “store-house, granary”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hurj/, /hu.rijj/

Noun

هُرْي or هُرِيّ • (hury or huriyy) m (plural أَهْرَاء (ʔahrāʔ))

storehouse, granary
- a. 1964, بدر شاكر السياب [Badr Šākir as-Sayyāb], أمام باب الله [Before God’s Door]‎^[1]:
  لا أبتغي من الحياة غير ما لديَّ: … الهري بالغلال يزحم الظلام في مداه،
  I don’t want such a life upon me … a granary full of supplies pressing darkness in its expanse

Declension

Declension of noun **هُرْي** (hury)‎; **هُرِيّ** (huriyy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هُرْي‎; هُرِي hury‎; hurī	الْهُرْي‎; الْهُرِي al-hury‎; al-hurī	هُرْي‎; هُرِي hury‎; hurī
nominative	هُرْيٌ‎; هُرِيٌّ huryun‎; huriyyun	الْهُرْيُ‎; الْهُرِيُّ al-huryu‎; al-huriyyu	هُرْيُ‎; هُرِيُّ huryu‎; huriyyu
accusative	هُرْيًا‎; هُرِيًّا huryan‎; huriyyan	الْهُرْيَ‎; الْهُرِيَّ al-hurya‎; al-huriyya	هُرْيَ‎; هُرِيَّ hurya‎; huriyya
genitive	هُرْيٍ‎; هُرِيٍّ huryin‎; huriyyin	الْهُرْيِ‎; الْهُرِيِّ al-huryi‎; al-huriyyi	هُرْيِ‎; هُرِيِّ huryi‎; huriyyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هُرْيَيْن‎; هُرِيَّيْن huryayn‎; huriyyayn	الْهُرْيَيْن‎; الْهُرِيَّيْن al-huryayn‎; al-huriyyayn	هُرْيَيْ‎; هُرِيَّيْ huryay‎; huriyyay
nominative	هُرْيَانِ‎; هُرِيَّانِ huryāni‎; huriyyāni	الْهُرْيَانِ‎; الْهُرِيَّانِ al-huryāni‎; al-huriyyāni	هُرْيَا‎; هُرِيَّا huryā‎; huriyyā
accusative	هُرْيَيْنِ‎; هُرِيَّيْنِ huryayni‎; huriyyayni	الْهُرْيَيْنِ‎; الْهُرِيَّيْنِ al-huryayni‎; al-huriyyayni	هُرْيَيْ‎; هُرِيَّيْ huryay‎; huriyyay
genitive	هُرْيَيْنِ‎; هُرِيَّيْنِ huryayni‎; huriyyayni	الْهُرْيَيْنِ‎; الْهُرِيَّيْنِ al-huryayni‎; al-huriyyayni	هُرْيَيْ‎; هُرِيَّيْ huryay‎; huriyyay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَهْرَاء ʔahrāʔ	الْأَهْرَاء al-ʔahrāʔ	أَهْرَاء ʔahrāʔ
nominative	أَهْرَاءٌ ʔahrāʔun	الْأَهْرَاءُ al-ʔahrāʔu	أَهْرَاءُ ʔahrāʔu
accusative	أَهْرَاءً ʔahrāʔan	الْأَهْرَاءَ al-ʔahrāʔa	أَهْرَاءَ ʔahrāʔa
genitive	أَهْرَاءٍ ʔahrāʔin	الْأَهْرَاءِ al-ʔahrāʔi	أَهْرَاءِ ʔahrāʔi

Descendants

→ Aragonese: alborín, alforí, algurín, algorín, alguarín, aguarín, alforís, algorís, algorí, algorín, algorio, argorio
→ Asturian: alfolín
→ Catalan: alforí
→ Spanish: alfolí, alholí, alholía, alhorí, alhorín, alforiz, alforín, algorín, ajorí, anjorí, alforí
→ Portuguese: alfolim, alfonim

References

Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1313
Corriente, Federico (2008) “alborín”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 136
Garosi, Eugenio (1 December 2022) “Regional Diversity in the Use of Administrative Loanwords in Early Islamic Arabic Documentary Sources (632–800 CE): A Preliminary Survey”, in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World. From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 413

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُرْي (hury).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hriː/

Noun

هري • (hrī) m (plural هريات (hriyyāt))

convenience store
سير شري النعناع من الهري.
sīr šrī n-naʕnāʕ min le-hrī
Go buy some mint from the convenience store.