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سَرُع
to become fast, to be quick /ˈsa.ru.ʕa/
verbB2#3616 most common
Also: to be swift, to speed up, to quicken
Example sentences
الحِصَانُ سَرُعَ.
The horse became fast.
سَرُعَ الوَلَدُ فِي الجَرْيِ.
The boy became fast at running.
سَرُعَتِ السَّيَّارَةُ بَعْدَ إِصْلاحِها.
The car became fast after its repair.
كُلَّمَا تَدَرَّبَ الرِّياضِيُّ، سَرُعَ أَكْثَرَ.
Whenever the athlete trained, he became faster.
سَرُعَتْ خُطَى الجُنُودِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا صَوْتَ الإِنْذارِ.
The soldiers' steps quickened when they heard the alarm sound.
لَمْ يَسْرُعْ نَبْضُ القَلْبِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَنِ اشْتَدَّ الخَطَرُ.
The heartbeat did not quicken until the danger intensified.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْرُعُ | سَرُعْتُ | سَأَسْرُعُ |
| 2sg | تَسْرُعُ | سَرُعْتَ | سَتَسْرُعُ |
| 3sg | يَسْرُعُ | سَرُعَ | سَيَسْرُعُ |
| 1pl | نَسْرُعُ | سَرُعْنَا | سَنَسْرُعُ |
| 2pl | تَسْرُعُونَ | سَرُعْتُمْ | سَتَسْرُعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَسْرُعُونَ | سَرُعُوا | سَيَسْرُعُونَ |
Word family
سريعfast, quick
سرعةspeed
أسرعto hurry, hasten, speed up
تسارعacceleration
Etymology
سَرُعَ comes from the triliteral Semitic root س ر ع, which carries the core sense of speed or swiftness. This particular form uses the classical فَعُلَ pattern, a vocalic template reserved for verbs describing an inherent trait, so it literally frames speed as a quality one comes to possess. The same root gives Arabic its everyday words for speed and quickness.
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