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سِرِّيّ
secret /sɪrˈriːj/
adjectiveA2#809 most common
Also: confidential, classified, covert
Example sentences
هٰذَا مَلَفّ سِرِّيّ.
This is a secret file.
لَدَيْنَا رَقْم سِرِّيّ لِلْبَاب.
We have a secret code for the door.
أَرْسَلَ لَهَا رِسَالَة سِرِّيَّة.
He sent her a secret message.
اِلْتَقَى العُمَلَاء فِي مَكَان سِرِّيّ خَارِج المَدِينَة.
The agents met in a secret place outside the city.
تَعْمَل الجَمَاعَة بِشَكْل سِرِّيّ لِتَتَجَنَّب رَقَابَة السُّلْطَات.
The group operates in secret to avoid the authorities' surveillance.
كَشَفَت الوَثَائِق السِّرِّيَّة عَن صَفَقَات لَم يَعْلَم بِهَا أَحَد.
The classified documents revealed deals that no one had known about.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِرِّيٌّ | سِرِّيُّونَ |
| Genitive | سِرِّيٍّ | سِرِّيِّينَ |
| Accusative | سِرِّيًّا | سِرِّيِّينَ |
| Vocative | سِرِّيّ | سِرِّيُّونَ |
Word family
سِرّsecret
سِرِّيَّةsecrecy, confidentiality
أَسْرَارsecrets (plural of سِرّ)
أَسَرَّto confide, to tell secretly
سَرِيرَةinnermost thoughts, conscience
Etymology
سِرِّيّ derives from the triliteral root س-ر-ر, which carries the sense of secrecy and concealment. The base noun سِرّ means 'secret.' Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into a relational adjective, 'pertaining to a secret,' hence 'secret' or 'confidential.' The form is standard in Modern Standard Arabic and marks classified material on official documents.
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