صراط

See also: ضراط

Arabic

Etymology

Variant of سِرَاط (sirāṭ). From Classical Syriac ܐܣܛܪܛ (ˀesṭrāṭ), from Latin strāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤi.raːtˤ/, /si.raːtˤ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

صِرَاط • (ṣirāṭ) m (plural صُرُط (ṣuruṭ))

1. path, way, road

   Synonyms: طَرِيق (ṭarīq), سَبِيل (sabīl)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 1:6:

     اِهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

     ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīma

     Guide us to the straight path

Declension

Declension of noun صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِرَاط ṣirāṭ	الصِّرَاط aṣ-ṣirāṭ	صِرَاط ṣirāṭ
Nominative	صِرَاطٌ ṣirāṭun	الصِّرَاطُ aṣ-ṣirāṭu	صِرَاطُ ṣirāṭu
Accusative	صِرَاطًا ṣirāṭan	الصِّرَاطَ aṣ-ṣirāṭa	صِرَاطَ ṣirāṭa
Genitive	صِرَاطٍ ṣirāṭin	الصِّرَاطِ aṣ-ṣirāṭi	صِرَاطِ ṣirāṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِرَاطَيْن ṣirāṭayn	الصِّرَاطَيْن aṣ-ṣirāṭayn	صِرَاطَيْ ṣirāṭay
Nominative	صِرَاطَانِ ṣirāṭāni	الصِّرَاطَانِ aṣ-ṣirāṭāni	صِرَاطَا ṣirāṭā
Accusative	صِرَاطَيْنِ ṣirāṭayni	الصِّرَاطَيْنِ aṣ-ṣirāṭayni	صِرَاطَيْ ṣirāṭay
Genitive	صِرَاطَيْنِ ṣirāṭayni	الصِّرَاطَيْنِ aṣ-ṣirāṭayni	صِرَاطَيْ ṣirāṭay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُرُط ṣuruṭ	الصُّرُط aṣ-ṣuruṭ	صُرُط ṣuruṭ
Nominative	صُرُطٌ ṣuruṭun	الصُّرُطُ aṣ-ṣuruṭu	صُرُطُ ṣuruṭu
Accusative	صُرُطًا ṣuruṭan	الصُّرُطَ aṣ-ṣuruṭa	صُرُطَ ṣuruṭa
Genitive	صُرُطٍ ṣuruṭin	الصُّرُطِ aṣ-ṣuruṭi	صُرُطِ ṣuruṭi

Alternative forms

• صِرٰط (ṣirāṭ) (Classical Arabic)
• سِرَاط (sirāṭ)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: صراط (sırat)
• → Persian: صراط (serât)
  • → Gujarati: સિરાત (sirāt)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صراط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN