سراء

Arabic

Root
س ر ر (s r r)
10 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sar.raːʔ/

Noun

سَرَّاء • (sarrāʔ) f

ease, prosperity, happiness, joy
Antonym: ضَرَّاء (ḍarrāʔ)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:134:
  ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
  ˹They are˺ those who donate in prosperity and adversity.
- 7th century CE, Riyāḍ as-Ṣālihīn:
  إن أصابته سراء شكر فكان خيراً له، وإن أصابته ضراء صبر فكان خيراً له
  If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him; and if adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him.

Declension

Declension of noun **سَرَّاء** (sarrāʔ)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَرَّاء sarrāʔ	السَّرَّاء as-sarrāʔ	سَرَّاء sarrāʔ
nominative	سَرَّاءُ sarrāʔu	السَّرَّاءُ as-sarrāʔu	سَرَّاءُ sarrāʔu
accusative	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاءَ as-sarrāʔa	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa
genitive	سَرَّاءَ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاءِ as-sarrāʔi	سَرَّاءِ sarrāʔi

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: سرا (serra)