كري

See also: كرى and کری

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of كُرَة (kura, ball, sphere) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

كُرِيّ • (kuriyy)

  1. spherical
    • (Can we date this quote?), Ibn Taymiyyah, مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية:
      سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ تَنَازَعَا فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ هَلْ هُمَا جِسْمَانِ كُرِيَّانِ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: كُرِيَّانِ وَأَنْكَرَ الْآخَرُ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ وَقَالَ: لَيْسَ لَهَا أَصْلٌ وَرَدَّهَا فَمَا الصَّوَابُ؟
      suʔila ʕan rajulayni tanāzaʕā fī kayfiyyati s-samāʔi wa-l-ʔarḍi hal humā jismāni kuriyyāni? faqāla ʔaḥaduhumā: kuriyyāni wa-ʔankara l-ʔāḵaru haḏihi l-maqālata wa-qāla: laysa lahā ʔaṣlun wa-raddahā fa-mā ṣ-ṣawābu?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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