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مَسْرُور

happy /masˈruːr/

adjectiveA2#1242 most common

Also: glad, pleased, delighted

Example sentences

أَنا مَسْرُورٌ اليَوْمَ.
I am happy today.
أُمِّي مَسْرُورَةٌ بِالخَبَرِ.
My mother is happy about the news.
نَحْنُ مَسْرُورُونَ بِزِيارَتِكُمْ.
We are pleased by your visit.
كانَ الطِّفْلُ مَسْرُوراً عِنْدَما رَأَى الهَدِيَّةَ.
The child was happy when he saw the gift.
بَدا المُديرُ مَسْرُوراً بِنَتائِجِ الفَريقِ هٰذا الشَّهْرَ.
The manager seemed pleased with the team's results this month.
رَغْمَ التَّعَبِ، عادَ المُسافِرونَ مَسْرُورينَ بِما شاهَدوهُ في رِحْلَتِهِم.
Despite the fatigue, the travelers returned delighted with what they had seen on their trip.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمَسْرُورٌمَسْرُورُونَ
Genitiveمَسْرُورٍمَسْرُورِينَ
Accusativeمَسْرُوراًمَسْرُورِينَ
Vocativeيا مَسْرُورُيا مَسْرُورُونَ

Word family

سُرُورjoy, happiness
سَرَّto please, to gladden
مَسَرَّةpleasure, delight
سارّpleasing, gladdening

Etymology

مَسْرُور is the passive participle of the verb سَرَّ, 'to please' or 'to gladden,' from the triliteral root س-ر-ر. The same root yields سُرُور, 'joy,' and سِرّ, 'secret,' a pairing that ties inner feeling to what the heart keeps hidden. A masrūr person is one who has been made glad.

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