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سرت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to geographical locations in North Africa, specifically cities and regions. It is also used to derive names of people associated with these places, particularly scholars and individuals known for their piety and knowledge.

Derived headwords

سَرَت، بالضمname
  1. 1.
    City in North Africaclassical

    A city located on the Mediterranean Sea between Barqa and Tripoli, with Ajdabiya to its south towards the land.

سَرْتَةname
  1. 1.
    City in Andalusiaclassical

    A city located in the interior of Andalusia, east of Cordoba.

السرتيname
  1. 1.
    Person from Sirtaboth

    A nisba indicating a person who is from or associated with the city of Sirta.

السرتيname
  1. 1.
    Person from Surtahboth

    A nisba indicating a person who is from or associated with the city of Surtah in Andalusia.

Parallel reading

وقال الصاغاني: هو (د، بالمغرب)
And Al-Sagani said: it is (a city, in the Maghreb).
أنها مدينة على بحر الروم بين برقة وطرابلس وأجدابية في جنوبها إلى البر
It is a city on the Roman Sea between Barqa and Tripoli, and Ajdabiya to its south towards the land.
منها: أبو عثمان سعيد بن خلف بن جرير القيرواني
From it: Abu Uthman Sa'id ibn Khalaf ibn Jarir Al-Qayrawani.
وكان حافظا، أخباريا، نساكا، حليما، طاهرا، أديبا.
And he was a preserver of hadith, a historian, an ascetic, forbearing, pure, and a man of letters.
وفي المراصد: أنها بالضم ثم الكسر، وشد المثناة الفوقية آخرها هاء تأنيث، وكذا ضبطه الصاغاني أيضا
And in Al-Marasid: it is with dammah then kasrah, and the doubling of the upper nun at its end is a feminine ta', and Al-Sagani also vocalized it thus.
(د بجوف الأندلس) شرقي قرطبة
(a city in the interior of Andalusia) east of Cordoba.
منها قاسم بن أبي شجاع السرتي المحدث
From it is Qasim ibn Abi Shuja' Al-Sirti, the hadith scholar.
عن أبي بكر الآجري
from Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri.
وكذا عتيق بن أبي القاسم الأديب السرتي وعبد الجبار السرتي العابد مشهور.
And likewise, Atiq ibn Abi Al-Qasim Al-Adib Al-Sirti and Abd al-Jabbar Al-Sirti the ascetic are famous.
وبكسر أوله: عبد الله بن أحمد السرتي، عابد مغربي
And with kasrah at its beginning: Abdullah ibn Ahmad Al-Sirti, a Moroccan ascetic.
حكى عنه إبراهيم بن أحمد بن شرف.
Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Sharaf narrated from him.