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شُرُوق

sunrise /ʃuˈruːq/

nounB2#3887 most common

Also: rising of the sun, daybreak

Example sentences

الشُّرُوقُ جَمِيلٌ.
The sunrise is beautiful.
أَسْتَيْقِظُ عِنْدَ الشُّرُوقِ.
I wake up at sunrise.
شُرُوقُ الشَّمْسِ فِي الصَّيْفِ مُبَكِّرٌ.
Sunrise in summer comes early.
ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى الجَبَلِ لِنُشَاهِدَ شُرُوقَ الشَّمْسِ.
We went to the mountain to watch the sunrise.
يَخْتَلِفُ وَقْتُ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ بِاخْتِلَافِ الفُصُولِ.
The time of sunrise changes with the seasons.
كَانَ المُصَوِّرُ يَنْتَظِرُ لَحْظَةَ الشُّرُوقِ بِفَارِغِ الصَّبْرِ لِيَلْتَقِطَ صُورَةً خَالِدَةً.
The photographer waited impatiently for the moment of sunrise to capture a lasting photo.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeشُرُوقٌ
Genitiveشُرُوقٍ
Accusativeشُرُوقًا
Vocativeيَا شُرُوقُ

Word family

شَرَقَto rise, to shine (of the sun)
شَرْقeast
مَشْرِقplace of sunrise, the Orient
إِشْرَاقradiance, illumination
شَرْقِيّeastern

Etymology

Shurūq is the verbal noun of the Form I verb shàraqa, meaning to rise or shine, said of the sun. The triliteral root sh-r-q carries the core sense of eastward brightness, and the same root gives Arabic its word for east. The word has stayed close to this concrete, visual meaning for centuries, from classical poetry to modern weather reports.

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