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صَراحَة
frankness /sˤaˈraːħa/
nounA2#1247 most common
Also: candor, openness, outspokenness, honesty in speech
Example sentences
الصَّراحة مُهِمّة.
Frankness is important.
بِصَراحة، أَنا تَعْبان اليوم.
Honestly, I am tired today.
أُقَدِّرُ صَراحَتَكَ مَعي كثيراً.
I really appreciate your frankness with me.
الصَّراحة قد تَجرَحُ أحياناً، لكنَّها أفضلُ من الكَذِب.
Frankness can sometimes hurt, but it is better than lying.
تعامَلَ مع المسألة بِصَراحة تامّة، دونَ أن يُخفيَ شيئاً عن زُملائه.
He handled the matter with complete frankness, without hiding anything from his colleagues.
رغمَ أنَّ صَراحَتَهُ المُفرِطة كلَّفَتْهُ كثيراً من علاقاته، ظلَّ يَرى فيها فضيلةً لا يُساوِمُ عليها.
Although his excessive frankness cost him many of his relationships, he kept seeing it as a virtue he would not compromise on.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَراحةٌ | None |
| Genitive | صَراحةٍ | None |
| Accusative | صَراحةً | None |
| Vocative | يا صَراحةُ | None |
Word family
صَريح (ṣarīḥ)frank, explicit, clear
صَرَّحَ (ṣarraḥa)to state openly, declare
تَصْريح (taṣrīḥ)declaration, statement; permit
بِصَراحة (bi-ṣarāḥa)frankly, honestly
صَراحةً (ṣarāḥatan)frankly, to be honest
Etymology
صَراحة comes from the Semitic root ص-ر-ح (ṣ-r-ḥ). In Arabic the root centers on clearness and open declaration, seen in the verb صَرَّحَ, 'to state openly,' and the adjective صَريح, 'explicit.' In the northern Semitic languages the same root means 'to cry out' or 'shout,' and Arabic appears to have specialized the sense toward plain, undisguised speech. The noun names the quality itself: candor, words without concealment.
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