سراء

Arabic

Root
س ر ر (s r r)
10 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sar.raːʔ/

Noun

سَرَّاء • (sarrāʔ) f

1. ease, prosperity, happiness, joy

   Antonym: ضَرَّاء (ḍarrāʔ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:134:

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ

     ˹They are˺ those who donate in prosperity and adversity.

   • 7th century CE, Riyāḍ as-Ṣālihīn:

     إن أصابته سراء شكر فكان خيراً له، وإن أصابته ضراء صبر فكان خيراً له

     If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him; and if adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him.

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَّاء (sarrāʔ)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَرَّاء sarrāʔ	السَّرَّاء as-sarrāʔ	سَرَّاء sarrāʔ
nominative	سَرَّاءُ sarrāʔu	السَّرَّاءُ as-sarrāʔu	سَرَّاءُ sarrāʔu
accusative	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاءَ as-sarrāʔa	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa
genitive	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاءِ as-sarrāʔi	سَرَّاءِ sarrāʔi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سرا (serra)