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أَسْرَع
faster /ˈʔas.raʕ/
nounA1#515 most common
Also: fastest, quicker, more rapid
Example sentences
القِطار أَسْرَع مِن السَّيّارة.
The train is faster than the car.
أَخي أَسْرَع مِنّي في الجَري.
My brother is faster than me at running.
الطّائرة هي أَسْرَع وَسيلة لِلسَّفَر.
The plane is the fastest way to travel.
يُعَدّ الفَهد أَسْرَع حَيَوان بَرّي على وَجه الأَرض.
The cheetah is considered the fastest land animal on earth.
كُلَّما حَدَّثنا النِّظام، أَصبَح الحاسوب أَسْرَع في تَنفيذ المَهامّ.
Each time we update the system, the computer gets faster at carrying out tasks.
حَطَّمَ العَدّاء الشّابّ الرَّقم القِياسي لِأَنَّه كان أَسْرَع بِكَثير مِمّا تَوَقَّعَه المُدَرِّبون.
The young runner broke the record because he was much faster than the coaches had expected.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَسْرَعُ | أَسْرَعُونَ |
| Genitive | أَسْرَعَ | أَسْرَعِينَ |
| Accusative | أَسْرَعَ | أَسْرَعِينَ |
| Vocative | يا أَسْرَعُ | يا أَسْرَعُونَ |
Word family
سَريعfast, quick
سُرْعةspeed
أَسْرَعَto hurry, to speed up
مُسْرِعone who hurries; a speeding driver
سِراعfast (plural of سريع)
Etymology
أَسْرَع is the elative form of the adjective سَريع, 'fast,' built on the triliteral root س-ر-ع, which carries the sense of speed and haste. The أَفْعَل (afʿal) pattern turns an adjective into a comparative or superlative, so the word means 'faster' or 'fastest.' The same root yields the verb أَسْرَعَ, 'to hurry,' and the noun سُرْعة, 'speed.'
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