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سَرِير
bed /saˈriːr/
nounA2#763 most common
Also: bedstead, throne (a king's seat), cot
Example sentences
هَذا سَرِيرٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big bed.
أَنامُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ.
I sleep on the bed every night.
اِشْتَرَيْنا سَرِيرًا جَدِيدًا لِغُرْفَةِ النَّوْمِ.
We bought a new bed for the bedroom.
كانَتْ كُلُّ الأَسِرَّةِ فِي المُسْتَشْفَى مَشْغُولَةً تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ.
All the beds in the hospital were occupied that night.
اِسْتَلْقَى عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ وَهُوَ يُفَكِّرُ فِيما حَدَثَ طَوالَ اليَوْمِ.
He lay on his bed thinking about what had happened all day.
لَمْ يَكُنْ سَرِيرُ المَلِكِ سِوى رَمْزٍ لِسُلْطَتِهِ المُطْلَقَةِ.
The king's throne was only a symbol of his absolute power.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَرِيرٌ | أَسِرَّةٌ |
| Genitive | سَرِيرٍ | أَسِرَّةٍ |
| Accusative | سَرِيرًا | أَسِرَّةً |
| Vocative | يا سَرِيرُ | يا أَسِرَّةُ |
Word family
سِرّsecretسُرُورjoy, happiness
سَرَّto please, to delight
مَسَرَّةpleasure, delight
سَرِيرَةinner conscience, secret thought
Etymology
سَرِير comes from the triliteral Semitic root س-ر-ر, the same root behind سُرُور (joy) and سِرّ (secret). Classical lexicographers linked the bed to gladness, since it is where a person rests and feels content. The word follows the common فَعِيل noun pattern. The root is native Semitic, not Indo-European.
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