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سرع

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speed, haste, and quickness. It encompasses verbs related to moving or acting quickly, nouns denoting speed itself, and adjectives describing something or someone as fast. The derivations explore nuances between inherent speed and deliberate hastening.

Derived headwords

أَسْرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move or act with great speed; to do something quickly.

  2. 2.
    to speed upboth

    To cause something to move faster or happen sooner, often implying deliberate effort.

  3. 3.
    to accept readilyclassical

    To be quick to accept or receive something, especially something heard.

وأسرع في السير — And he hastened in his pace.
أسرع المشي، أي عجله — He hastened the walking, meaning he sped it up.
أسرع المشي وأسرع كذا، غير أنه لما كان معروفا عند المخاطبين استغني عن إظهاره، فأضمر — He hastened the walking and hastened such-and-such, but since it was known to the addressees, it was unnecessary to show it, so it was implied.
فمنهم من يخف ويسرع قبول ما يسمعه — And among them are those who are light and quick to accept what they hear.
سَرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be fastclassical

    To be inherently quick or fast, often described as a natural disposition.

  2. 2.
    to be quickclassical

    To be swift in speech and actions.

سرع الرجل، إذا أسرع في كلامه وفعاله — The man was fast, meaning he was quick in his speech and actions.
سرع يسرع كعلم: لغة في سرع — Sar'a yasru'u ka-'alima: a dialectal variant of sar'a.
سُرْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    speedboth

    The state or quality of moving or acting with great rapidity.

  2. 2.
    hasteboth

    Excessive speed or urgency of movement or action.

والسرعة: الإسراع — And al-sur'ah: al-isra' (hastening).
مُسَارَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    The act of hurrying or rushing towards something.

  2. 2.
    promptnessboth

    The quality of being prompt or quick in responding.

المسارعة: المبادرة إلى الشيء — Al-musara'ah: the promptness to do something.
وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم — And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord.
تَسَارُعnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    The act of hurrying or rushing, similar to musara'ah.

إِسْرَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    The act of speeding up or doing something quickly.

والإسراع — And al-isra' (hastening).
تَسَرَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To act with haste, often implying eagerness or impatience.

  2. 2.
    to rush intoboth

    To proceed quickly into something, especially something negative.

تسرع إلى الشر: عجل — He hastened to evil: he was quick.
تسرع إلى الشر: عجل — He hastened to evil: he was quick.
ويقال: تسرع بالأمر: بادر به — And it is said: Tassar'a bi-l-amr: he hastened with the matter.
فتسرعا — Then they hastened.
سَرِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    fastboth

    Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

  2. 2.
    quickboth

    Happening in a short time or at a high rate.

والسريع، كأمير: القضيب يسقط من شجر البشام — And al-sari', like amir: a twig that falls from the Bysham tree.
وظلت تعدى من سريع وسنبك — And she kept moving with swiftness and a quick pace.
سُرْعَانadverb
  1. 1.
    quicklyboth

    Used to express that something happened very soon or very fast.

وسرع ما فعلت ذاك — And quickly did you do that.
أنورا سرع ماذا يا فروق — O Faruq, what is this quick illumination?
سِرْعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    A variant form related to speed or quickness.

سرعان، بالكسر والضم، وسبق له في أول المادة هذا بعينه، واقتصر هناك في الجمع على الكسر فقط — Sur'aan, with kasrah and dammah, and this was mentioned earlier in the entry, and there the plural was limited to kasrah only.
سُرَاعadjective
  1. 1.
    fastclassical

    Describing a horse or other animal that is very fast.

وفرس سراع: سريع — And a fast horse: swift.
سُرْعَىadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftclassical

    A feminine form of 'fast' or 'swift'.

اسع على رجلك السرعى — Run on your swift legs.
سُرُوعname
  1. 1.
    Suru' (place name)classical

    A place name, possibly a town in Syria.

وسروع، كصبور: من قرى الشام — And Suru', like subur: from the villages of Syria.
سَرَعَانadverb
  1. 1.
    quicklyclassical

    An adverbial form indicating speed or promptness.

سرعان ما فعلت ذاك — Quickly did you do that.
سِرْعnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    A variant noun for speed or quickness.

والسرع، بالكسر والفتح، والسرع، محركة، والسراعة: السرعة — And al-sir', with kasrah and fatha, and al-sara', with harakah, and al-sara'ah: al-sur'ah (speed).
سِرْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    A variant noun for speed or quickness.

سِرَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    A variant noun for speed or quickness.

والسرع، بالكسر والفتح، والسرع، محركة، والسراعة: السرعة — And al-sir', with kasrah and fatha, and al-sara', with harakah, and al-sara'ah: al-sur'ah (speed).
سُرُعadjective
  1. 1.
    fastclassical

    An adjective describing something as fast, similar to 'sari''.

وهو سرع، ككتف، وسراع بالضم، وهي بهاء — And he is sur'un, like kutuf, and sura'un with dammah, and she is bi-ha' (feminine).
سِرْعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    fastclassical

    An adjective describing something as fast, often used for a man.

ورجل سرعان، وهي سرعى — And a man is sur'aan, and she is sur'aa.
سِرْعَانadjective
  1. 1.
    fastclassical

    An adjective describing something as fast, often used for a man.

ورجل سرعان، وهي سرعى — And a man is sur'aan, and she is sur'aa.
مُسْرِعadjective
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    One who is hastening or moving quickly.

  2. 2.
    fast-movingboth

    Describing something that moves with speed.

ألا لا أرى هذا المسرع سابقا — Behold, I do not see this hastener surpassing (others).
سَرَعًاadverb
  1. 1.
    quicklyclassical

    An adverbial form indicating speed, similar to 'sur'an'.

وجاء سرعا، بالفتح: سريعا — And he came sur'an, with fatha: swiftly.
سَرِيع بْن الحكمname
  1. 1.
    Sari' ibn al-Hakamclassical

    A person's name, mentioned as having a delegation.

وسريع بن الحكم السعدي: من بني تميم، له وفادة — And Sari' ibn al-Hakam al-Sa'di: from Banu Tamim, he had a delegation.
سريع بن سريعname
  1. 1.
    Sari' ibn Sari'classical

    A person's name, mentioned as a traditionist.

وسريع بن سريع: محدثون — And Sari' ibn Sari': traditionists.

Parallel reading

وأسرع في السير
And he hastened in his pace.
سرع الرجل، إذا أسرع في كلامه وفعاله
The man was fast, meaning he was quick in his speech and actions.
أسرع: طلب ذلك من نفسه وتكلفه، كأنه أسرع المشي، أي عجله
To hasten: to seek that from oneself and to exert effort for it, as if one hastened the walking, meaning sped it up.
وأما سرع فكأنها غريزة
As for sar'a, it is as if it were an innate disposition.
كأنه ساق نفسه بعجلة
As if he drove himself with haste.
أسرع: فعل مجاوز يقع معناه مضمرا على مفعول به
To hasten: a transitive verb whose meaning is implied to refer to an object.
فمنهم من يخف ويسرع قبول ما يسمعه
And among them are those who are light and quick to accept what they hear.
إذا مر أحدكم بطربال مائل، فليسرع المشي
If one of you passes by a leaning object, let him hasten his pace.
وأسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord.
ونسارع لهم في الخيرات
And We hasten for them in good deeds.
تسرع إلى الشر: عجل
To hasten to evil: to be quick.
ويقال: تسرع بالأمر: بادر به
And it is said: Tassar'a bi-l-amr: he hastened with the matter.
والسريع، كأمير: القضيب يسقط من شجر البشام
And al-sari', like amir: a twig that falls from the Bysham tree.
وسرع ما فعلت ذاك
And quickly did you do that.
أنورا سرع ماذا يا فروق
O Faruq, what is this quick illumination?
وظلت تعدى من سريع وسنبك
And she kept moving with swiftness and a quick pace.
يقال: اسع على رجلك السرعى
It is said: Run on your swift legs.