سراء

Arabic
Root
س ر ر (s-r-r)

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)
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