سيرة

Arabic

Root
س ي ر (s y r)
7 terms

Noun

سِيرَة • (sīra) f (plural سِيَر (siyar))

1. biography, chronicle, romance

   وتشمل هذه المصادر المهمة السِيَرَ الذاتية الإسلامية التقليدية لمحمد، والتي توفر معلومات إضافية عن حياته.

   These important sources include the traditional Islamic biographies of Muhammad, which provide additional information about his life.

2. profile (summary of information about a person)
3. conduct, way of living
4. walk, pleasure walk
5. conversation
6. traveling provisions
7. ways and means
8. measures

Declension

Declension of noun سِيرَة (sīra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيرَة sīra	السِّيرَة as-sīra	سِيرَة sīrat
Nominative	سِيرَةٌ sīratun	السِّيرَةُ as-sīratu	سِيرَةُ sīratu
Accusative	سِيرَةً sīratan	السِّيرَةَ as-sīrata	سِيرَةَ sīrata
Genitive	سِيرَةٍ sīratin	السِّيرَةِ as-sīrati	سِيرَةِ sīrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيرَتَيْن sīratayn	السِّيرَتَيْن as-sīratayn	سِيرَتَيْ sīratay
Nominative	سِيرَتَانِ sīratāni	السِّيرَتَانِ as-sīratāni	سِيرَتَا sīratā
Accusative	سِيرَتَيْنِ sīratayni	السِّيرَتَيْنِ as-sīratayni	سِيرَتَيْ sīratay
Genitive	سِيرَتَيْنِ sīratayni	السِّيرَتَيْنِ as-sīratayni	سِيرَتَيْ sīratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيَر siyar	السِّيَر as-siyar	سِيَر siyar
Nominative	سِيَرٌ siyarun	السِّيَرُ as-siyaru	سِيَرُ siyaru
Accusative	سِيَرًا siyaran	السِّيَرَ as-siyara	سِيَرَ siyara
Genitive	سِيَرٍ siyarin	السِّيَرِ as-siyari	سِيَرِ siyari

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيرة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ي ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِيرَة (sīra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː.re/, [ˈsiː.re]
• IPA^(key): /siː.ra/, [ˈsiː.ra]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

سيرة • (sīre) f

1. story, tale

   Synonyms: قصة (ʔuṣṣa), حكاية (ḥikāye)

2. matter, topic, subject

   شو السيرة؟

   šū s-sīre

   What's the matter?

   على سيرة المطاعم، شو أحسن وأطيب مطعم؟

   ʕala sīret il-maṭāʕem, šu ʔaḥsan w-ʔaṭyab maṭʕam?

   Speaking of restaurants, which is the best and most delicious restaurant?

   (literally, “On the topic of restaurants, which is the best and most delicious restaurant?”)

Derived terms

• بلا طول سيرة (bala ṭūl sīre, “long story short”)