سيرة

Arabic

Root
س ي ر (s-y-r)

Noun

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

1. biography, chronicle, romance
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)

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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”)