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سرح

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of letting animals graze freely, but extends to meanings of sending, releasing, flowing, and ease. It also encompasses terms for specific types of trees, animals, and even a meter in prosody.

Derived headwords

سَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.both

    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.

  2. 2.
    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.both

    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.

  3. 3.
    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.both

    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.

  4. 4.
    Divorcing a woman.both

    Divorcing a woman.

  5. 5.
    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.both

    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.

سَرَحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.both

    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.

  2. 2.
    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.both

    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.

  3. 3.
    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.both

    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.

  4. 4.
    Divorcing a woman.both

    Divorcing a woman.

  5. 5.
    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.both

    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.

أَرَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    And the meat became 'arāḥa': it stank.both

    And the meat became 'arāḥa': it stank.

أَنْفَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to let grazeclassical

    To allow livestock to graze freely.

أَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    with kasra on the hamza and damma on itboth

    with kasra on the hamza and damma on it

أَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing: he left it to itselfboth

    the thing: he left it to itself

سَرَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.both

    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.

  2. 2.
    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.both

    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.

  3. 3.
    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.both

    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.

  4. 4.
    Divorcing a woman.both

    Divorcing a woman.

  5. 5.
    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.both

    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.

سُرُوحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    grazingclassical

    The act of livestock grazing.

  2. 2.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or moving freely.

سَارِحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    grazing animalclassical

    An animal that grazes freely.

  2. 2.
    anythingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'no thing'.

رَائِحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    animal returningclassical

    An animal returning from grazing, often in the evening.

  2. 2.
    anythingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'no thing'.

تَسْرِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    divorceclassical

    The act of divorcing a woman.

  2. 2.
    letting hair downboth

    The act of loosening and letting down one's hair.

  3. 3.
    facilitationclassical

    The act of making something easy or smooth.

سَرَاحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    divorceclassical

    A divorce, similar to 'tabligh' and 'balagh'.

  2. 2.
    releaseclassical

    The act of releasing or setting free.

سَرِيحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nakedclassical

    Naked or unclothed.

  2. 2.
    fastclassical

    Fast or swift, used for a she-camel.

سُرُحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.both

    He let the livestock graze, from the verb pattern of قَطَعَ.

  2. 2.
    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.both

    She went out to graze by herself, from the verb pattern of خَضَعَ.

  3. 3.
    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.both

    You say: she grazed in the morning, and returned in the evening.

  4. 4.
    Divorcing a woman.both

    Divorcing a woman.

  5. 5.
    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.both

    Letting hair down and untangling it before combing.

مُنْسَرِحَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fastclassical

    Fast or swift, used for a she-camel.

مُنْسَرِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    able to moveclassical

    Able to move back and forth easily, referring to the flank.

  2. 2.
    emerging from clothesclassical

    Emerging or coming out of one's clothes.

  3. 3.
    a meter in prosodyclassical

    A specific meter used in Arabic poetry.

مَشْيَةٌ سَرْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    easy gaitclassical

    An easy and smooth way of walking.

اِنْسَرَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to lie downclassical

    To lie down and spread one's legs apart.

سَرْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    large treeclassical

    A large, tall tree.

سُرْيَاحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall or long.

  2. 2.
    swiftclassical

    Swift or fast, often referring to a horse.

أُمُّ سُرْيَاحٍname
  1. 1.
    a woman's nameclassical

    A proper name of a woman.

سَرِيحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    leather strapclassical

    A leather strap used for stitching or fastening.

سَرْحَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    A wolf.

  2. 2.
    lionclassical

    A lion (used by the tribe of Hudhayl).

سَرْحَانَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    female wolfclassical

    A female wolf.

Parallel reading

المال السائم.
The free-grazing livestock.
أرحت الماشية وأنفشتها، وأسمتها، وأهملتها، وسرحتها سرحا، هذه وحدها بلا ألف.
You let the livestock graze, you let them roam, you let them graze, you let them graze, you let them graze (with 'sarhan' alone, without 'alif').
وحين تسرحون
And when you let (them) graze.
وسرحت هي بنفسها سروحا، يتعدى ولا يتعدى.
And it (livestock) grazed by itself (suroohan), it is transitive and intransitive.
سرحت بالغداة، وراحت بالعشي.
It grazed in the morning and returned in the evening.
ماله سارحة ولا رائحة
He has no grazing animal nor returning animal (meaning: he has nothing).
سرحت فلانا إلى موضع كذا، إذا أرسلته.
You sent someone to such-and-such a place, meaning you dispatched him.
وتسريح المرأة: تطليقها، والاسم السراح، مثل التبليغ والبلاغ.
And the divorce of a woman: her divorce, and the noun is 'as-sarah', like 'at-tabligh' and 'al-balagh'.
السراح من النجاح
Release is from success.
تسريح الشعر: إرساله وحله قبل المشط.
Combing hair: letting it down and loosening it before the comb.
وفرس سريح، أي عري، وخيل سرح.
And a 'sarih' horse, meaning naked, and 'sarh' horses.
ناقة سرح ومنسرحة، أي سريعة.
A 'sarh' and 'munsarihah' she-camel, meaning fast.
ملاط سرح الجنب: المنسرح للذهاب والمجئ.
The flank of a 'sarh' animal: the 'munsarih' for going and coming.
مشية سرح، مثل سجح، أي سهلة.
A 'sarh' gait, like 'sajh', meaning easy.
والمنسرح: الخارج من ثيابه.
And 'al-munsarih': one emerging from his clothes.
انسرح الرجل، إذا استلقى وفرج رجليه.
The man 'insaraḥa', if he lay down and spread his legs.
السرح: شجر عظام طوال، الواحدة سرحة، يقال هي الآء على وزن العاع.
Al-sarḥ: large, tall trees, the singular is 'sarḥah', it is said to be 'al-aa'' on the pattern of 'aa'aa''.
السرياح: الطويل.
As-sariyah: the tall.
السرياح: الجواد.
As-sariyah: the swift (horse).
إذا أم سرياح غدت في ظعائن
When Umm Suriyah went among the traveling women.
السريحة: واحدة السريح والسرائح، وهي السيور التي يخصف بها.
As-sarihah: singular of 'as-sarih' and 'as-sara'iḥ', and they are the straps with which things are stitched.
السرحان: الذئب.
As-sarḥan: the wolf.
وهذيل تسمي الأسد سرحانا.
And Hudhayl calls the lion 'sarḥan'.
سقط العشاء به على سرحان
The evening meal fell upon him like a wolf.
الانثى سرحانة.
The female is 'sarḥanah'.