See also: شرب, سرت, سرپ, and شرت

Arabic

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Root
س ر ب (s r b)
4 terms

Verb

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سَرِبَ (sariba) I (non-past يَسْرَبُ (yasrabu), verbal noun سَرَب (sarab))

  1. (intransitive) to leak, to seep, to ooze [with مِن (min) ‘from something’]

Conjugation

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Verb

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سَرَّبَ (sarraba) II (non-past يُسَرِّبُ (yusarribu), verbal noun تَسْرِيب (tasrīb))

  1. (transitive) to leak, to let through

Conjugation

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Noun

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سَرَب (sarabm (plural أَسْرَاب (ʔasrāb))

  1. verbal noun of سَرِبَ (sariba) (form I)
  2. burrow, den, lair
  3. offlet, offtake, air return, flue

Declension

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Noun

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سِرْب (sirbm (plural أَسْرَاب (ʔasrāb))

  1. flock (of birds etc.)

Declension

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (slwp /⁠srub⁠/, lead). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sьrebro.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? surb
Dari reading? surb
Iranian reading? sorb
Tajik reading? surb

Noun

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سرب (sorb)

  1. lead (chemical element)
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