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))

1. 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
	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
	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

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 136
• Garosi, Eugenio (2022 December 1) “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
• 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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُرْي (hury).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hriː/

Noun

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

1. convenience store

   سير شري النعناع من الهري.

   sīr šrī n-naʕnāʕ min le-hrī

   Go buy some mint from the convenience store.