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سرمد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the concept of permanence, continuity, and unending duration, particularly concerning time, such as day or night. It emphasizes something that is constant and without interruption.

Derived headwords

السَّرْمَدnoun
  1. 1.
    eternityboth

    The unending duration of time, whether day or night. It signifies perpetual existence.

سَرْمَدadjective
  1. 1.
    perpetualboth

    Describing something that is continuous and does not cease. Often used to describe a long night.

سَرْمَدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    eternalclassical

    Relating to or characterized by everlasting duration; perpetual.

Parallel reading

السرمد: دوام الزمان من ليل أو نهار.
Al-sarmad: the permanence of time, whether night or day.
وليل سرمد: طويل.
And a sarmad night: long.
قل أرأيتم إن جعل الله عليكم النهار سرمدا ؟
Say, 'Have you considered if Allah should make the day perpetual for you?'
قال الزجاج: السرمد الدائم في اللغة.
Al-Zajjaj said: Al-sarmad means perpetual in the language.
وفي حديث لقمان: جواب ليل سرمد ؛
And in the hadith of Luqman: the answer to a perpetual night;
السرمد: الدائم الذي لا ينقطع.
Al-sarmad: the perpetual, that which does not cease.