السرع

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speed, quickness, and haste, contrasting with slowness. It extends to encompass swiftness in action, particularly in divine contexts, and also refers to specific natural phenomena, plants, and even parts of a bow.

Derived headwords

السَّرْعُnoun

1.
speedboth
The opposite of slowness; quickness or swiftness.

السُّرْعَةُnoun

1.
speedboth
The opposite of slowness; quickness or swiftness.

سَرُعَverb

1.
to be quickboth
To be fast or swift; to move with speed.

سُرْعَةًnoun

1.
speedboth
The opposite of slowness; quickness or swiftness.

سُرْعَانًاnoun

1.
speedboth
The opposite of slowness; quickness or swiftness.

أَسْرَعَverb

1.
to hastenboth
To move or act quickly; to speed up.
2.
to make something fastclassical
To cause something to be fast or quick, often used transitively as if one is driving oneself.

المُسَرِّعُnoun

1.
swift oneboth
A swift person or thing.

سُرْعَانٌnoun

1.
swift onesboth
Plural of 'al-musarri'
2.
branchclassical
A branch that falls from the Bysham tree.

أَبُو سَرِيعٍname

1.
Arfaj plantclassical
A name for the Arfaj plant, or the fire within it.

سَرِيعٌadjective

1.
swiftboth
Fast, quick, speedy.

عَيْنٌ سَرِيعَةٌnoun

1.
swift springclassical
A spring of water that flows quickly.

حَجَرٌ سَرَاعَةٌnoun

1.
swift stoneclassical
A stone that is quick or moves quickly.

السَّرْعُ السَّرْعُphrase

1.
Hurry, hurry!classical
An expression meaning 'Hurry, hurry!' or 'Swiftly, swiftly!'

سُرْعَانَ ذَاparticle

1.
how quicklyboth
An expression of exclamation, meaning 'How quickly!' or 'How soon!'

سُرْعَانَparticle

1.
how quicklyboth
Used purely as a predicate, often with a sense of wonder or exclamation.

سُرْعَانَ مَاphrase

1.
how quicklyboth
An expression indicating the speed at which something happened, 'How quickly...!'

سُرْعَانُ النَّاسِnoun

1.
the foremost of peopleboth
The first or foremost among people, those who rush ahead.

سُرْعَانُ الخَيْلِnoun

1.
the foremost of horsesboth
The first or swiftest among horses.

وَتَرُ القَوْسِnoun

1.
bowstringboth
The string of a bow.

السُّرْعَانُnoun

1.
strong bowstringclassical
A strong bowstring.
2.
part of a horse's neckclassical
Fibers or strands found on a horse's neck or heel.

السَّرْعُnoun

1.
tender vine shootboth
A young, tender shoot of a vine, or any moist twig.

السَّرْعَرَعُnoun

1.
tender vine shootclassical
A young, tender shoot of a vine, or any moist twig.
2.
tallclassical
Tall, slender, and soft.
3.
youthclassical
A soft, tender young person.

السَّرِيعُnoun

1.
swift oneboth
One who is quick to do good or evil.

المِسْرَاعُadjective

1.
swifterclassical
Even swifter or faster than 'al-sarīʿ'.

مَسَارِيعُnoun

1.
swift onesclassical
Those who are swift, especially in warfare.

السُّرُوعَةُnoun

1.
swiftnessclassical
Similar in form and meaning to 'zarūḥah', referring to swiftness.

أَبُو سُرْوَعَةَname

1.
name of a companionclassical
A name for ʿUqbah ibn al-Ḥārith, a companion of the Prophet.

الأَسَارِيعُnoun

1.
shootsclassical
Shoots that emerge from the base of a plant, sometimes eaten.
2.
darkness of teethclassical
A description of dark or shadowed teeth.
3.
lines on a bowclassical
Lines or streaks on a bow.
4.
wormsclassical
Small red-headed worms found in sand or valleys.

أَسْرُوعٌnoun

1.
wormclassical
A single worm, one of the 'asārīʿ'.

يَسْرُوعٌnoun

1.
wormclassical
A single worm, one of the 'asārīʿ'.

أَسْرُوعُ الظَّبْيِnoun

1.
tendonclassical
A tendon on the inside of a gazelle's leg or hand.

المُسَارَعَةُnoun

1.
hasteningboth
The act of hastening or rushing; promptness.

تَسَرَّعَverb

1.
to rush into evilboth
To hasten towards evil or a bad action.

التَّسَارُعُnoun

1.
hasteningboth
The act of hastening or rushing; promptness.

Parallel reading

والله، عز وجل، سريع الحساب

And Allah, exalted is He, is swift in account.

أي: حسابه واقع لا محالة، أو لا يشغله حساب عن حساب، ولا شيء عن شيء

Meaning: His reckoning is inevitable, or no calculation distracts Him from another, nor does anything distract Him from anything.

أو تسرع أفعاله فلا يبطئ شيء منها عما أراد جل وعز، لأنه بغير مباشرة ولا علاج

Or His actions are swift, so nothing delays them from what Allah wills, because it is without direct contact or effort.

فهو سبحانه يحاسب الخلق بعد بعثهم وجمعهم في لحظة، بلا عد ولا عقد

So He, glorified, reckons creation after their resurrection and gathering in an instant, without counting or calculation.

وهو أسرع الحاسبين

And He is the swiftest of reckoners.

والقضيب يسقط من البشام

And the branch that falls from the Bysham tree.

وكأمير: ابن عمران الشاعر

And like 'amīr: Ibn ʿImrān the poet.

وأبو سريع: العرفج، أو النار التي فيه

And Abū Sarīʿ: the Arfaj plant, or the fire within it.

والسرع السرع، أي الوحى الوحى

And 'al-sarʿ al-sarʿ', meaning 'Hurry, hurry!'

وسرعان ذا خروجا، مثلثة السين، أي: سرع ذا خروجا

And 'surʿāna dhā khurūjan', with a triply-voweled Sīn, meaning 'Hurry, hasten your exit!'

ومننه: لسرعان ما صنعت كذا، أي: ما أسرع

And from it: 'La-surʿāna mā ṣanaʿta kadhā', meaning 'How quickly you did such-and-such!'

والتقدير: سرعان إهالة هذه، يضرب لمن يخبر بكينونة الشيء قبل وقته

And the estimation is: 'Surʿāna ihālatu hādhihi', used for one who reports the existence of a thing before its time.

وسرعان الناس، محركة: أوائلهم المستبقون إلى الأمر

And 'surʿānu al-nās', with a vowel on the Sīn: their foremost ones, those who rush ahead to a matter.

و من الخيل: أوائلها، وقد يسكن

And among horses: their foremost ones, and the R can be silent.

والسرعان: الوتر القوي، أو العقب الذي يجمع أطراف الريش، أو خصل في عنق الفرس أو في عقبه

And 'al-sarʿān': the strong bowstring, or the sinew that gathers the feather ends, or strands on a horse's neck or heel.

والسرع، ويكسر: قضيب الكرم الغض لسنته، أو كل قضيب رطب، كالسرعرع

And 'al-sarʿ', and it can be with kasr: the tender shoot of the vine for its year, or any moist twig, like 'al-sarʿaraʿ'.

والسرعرع أيضا: الطويل، والشاب الناعم اللدن

And 'al-sarʿaraʿ' also means: tall, and a soft, tender youth.

وفي الحديث: "مساريع في الحرب"

And in the hadith: 'They are swift in war.'

والسروعة: كالزروحة زنة ومعنى

And 'al-surūʿah': is like 'al-zarūḥah' in weight and meaning.

ومننه: "فأخذ بهم بين سروعتين"

And from it: 'So He took them between two swift paths/places.'

والأساريع: شكر تخرج في أصل الحبلة، وربما أكلت حامضة رطبة

And 'al-asārīʿ': shoots that emerge at the base of the 'ḥabalah' plant, and are sometimes eaten sour and moist.

وظلم الأسنان، وماؤها

And the darkness of teeth, and their moisture.

ودود بيض حمر الرؤوس تكون في الرمل وفي واد يعرف بظبي، الواحد: أسروع ويسروع، بضمهما

And white, red-headed worms that are in the sand and in a valley known as Ẓabī, the singular is 'asruʿ' and 'yasruʿ', with dammah on both.

وأسرع في السير: كسرع

And 'asraʿa fī al-sayr': is like 'sarʿa' (to be swift).

وهو في الأصل متعد، كأنه ساق نفسه بعجلة

And it is originally transitive, as if one drove oneself with haste.

ومننه الحديث: "فليسرع المشي"

And from it the hadith: 'Let him hasten his pace.'

وأسرعوا: إذا كانت دوابهم سراعا

And 'asraʿū': if their mounts were swift.

والمسارعة: المبادرة، كالتسارع

And 'al-musāraʿah': is promptness, like 'al-tasāruʿ'.

وتسرع إلى الشر: عجل

And 'tasarraʿa ilā al-sharr': means to hasten towards evil.

والسريع، كأمير: القضيب يسقط من شجر البشام

And 'al-sarīʿ', like 'amīr': the branch that falls from the Bysham tree.