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شَرّ
evil /ˈʃarr/
nounA2#1172 most common
Also: wickedness, harm, malice
Example sentences
الكَذِبُ شَرٌّ.
Lying is evil.
ابْتَعِدْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ.
Stay away from evil.
في كُلِّ إِنْسانٍ خَيْرٌ وَشَرٌّ.
In every person there is good and evil.
لا تُقابِلِ الشَّرَّ بِالشَّرِّ.
Do not meet evil with evil.
مَنْ يَزْرَعِ الشَّرَّ يَحْصُدْ نَدامَةً.
Whoever sows evil reaps regret.
اللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقْتَ.
O God, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You have created.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَرٌّ | شُرورٌ |
| Genitive | شَرٍّ | شُرورٍ |
| Accusative | شَرّاً | شُروراً |
| Vocative | يا شَرُّ | يا شُرورُ |
Word family
شَريرevil, wicked
شِرّيرvery wicked, malicious
أَشْرارevildoers, the wicked (plural)
شُرورevils, ills (plural of شَرّ)
Etymology
شَرّ comes from the triliteral Semitic root ش-ر-ر, which carries the sense of evil and harm. The word is well attested in Classical Arabic and the Quran, often in phrases that seek protection from harm. The same root also yields the elative meaning 'worse' and 'worst.'
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