English → Arabic
innocent in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- barīʾ
- Arabizi
baree2- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- ب ر أ
How to use it
‘Innocent’ means not guilty or free from wrongdoing. In Arabic the usual adjective is بَرِيء (barīʾ). It is masculine; the feminine is بَرِيئَة (barīʾah).
Example sentences
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هُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الجَرِيمَةِ.
huwa barīʾun mina al-jarīmah.
He is innocent of the crime.
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الطِّفْلُ بَرِيءٌ وَلا يَعْرِفُ السُّوءَ.
aṭ‑ṭiflu barīʾun wa lā yaʿrifu as‑sūʾa.
The child is innocent and does not know evil.
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أَنا بَرِيءٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسْؤُولِيَّةِ.
anā barīʾun min hādhihi al‑masʾūliyyah.
I am innocent of this responsibility.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Innocent Bystanders
متفرجون أبرياء
She's very innocent.
تبدو طيبة جدا.
Egypt’s Innocent Murderers
مصر والقَتَلة الأبرياء
Guilty until proven innocent?
بريء حتى تثبت الإدانة؟
He was innocent of the crime.
كان بريئاً من الجريمة.
DNA tests showed he was innocent.
إختبارات الحمض النووي أظهرت أنه برئ.
I am convinced that he is innocent.
أنا مقتنع أنه بريء.
Innocent Palestinians are dying in Gaza.
هناك فلسطينيّون أبرياء يموتون في غزّة.
The accused is innocent until proven guilty.
المتهم بريء حتى تثبت إدانته.
Ethiopia’s journalists are not entirely innocent.
غير أن الصحافيين الأثيوبيين ليسوا أبرياء بالكامل.
Violence continued unabated, claiming innocent lives.
والعنف مستمر بلا هوادة ويقضي على أرواح بريئة.
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
وكذلك لاجل الدم البريء الذي سفكه لانه ملأ اورشليم دما بريئا ولم يشإ الرب ان يغفر.
Questions and answers
Can ‘innocent’ be used as a noun?
In English it can (e.g., ‘the innocent’). In Arabic you would say ‘البَرِيءُ’ as a noun phrase, or use ‘البراءة’ for ‘innocence’.
Is there a stronger word for ‘completely innocent’?
You can use ‘طاهر’ (ṭāhir) meaning ‘pure, spotless.’
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