سراء

Arabic

Root
س ر ر (s-r-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sar.raːʔ/

Noun

سَرَّاء‎ • (sarrāʔ) f

1. ease, prosperity, happiness, joy

   Antonym: ضَرَّاء (ḍarrāʔ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:134:

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ

     ˹They are˺ those who donate in prosperity and adversity.

   • 7th century CE, Riyāḍ as-Ṣālihīn:

     إن أصابته سراء شكر فكان خيراً له، وإن أصابته ضراء صبر فكان خيراً له

     If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him; and if adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him.

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَّاء‎ (sarrāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاء‎ sarrāʔ	السَّرَّاء‎ as-sarrāʔ	سَرَّاء‎ sarrāʔ
Nominative	سَرَّاء‎ُ sarrāʔu	السَّرَّاء‎ُ as-sarrāʔu	سَرَّاء‎ُ sarrāʔu
Accusative	سَرَّاء‎َ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاء‎َ as-sarrāʔa	سَرَّاء‎َ sarrāʔa
Genitive	سَرَّاء‎َ sarrāʔa	السَّرَّاء‎ِ as-sarrāʔi	سَرَّاء‎ِ sarrāʔi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سرا (serra)