شرح

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See also: سرخ and شرج

Arabic

Root
ش ر ح (š-r-ḥ)

Verb

شَرَحَ (šaraḥa) I, non-past يَشْرَحُ‎ (yašraḥu)

  1. to explain
    المُعَلِّمُ يَشْرَحُ الدَّرْسَ بِوُضُوح.
    al-muʕallimu yašraḥu ad-darsa biwuḍūḥ.
    The teacher explains the lesson clearly.
  2. to cut in slices, to slice, to cut up
  3. to bare, to expose
  4. to comment, to interpret
  5. to open, to lay open
  6. to expand

Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّحَ (šarraḥa) II, non-past يُشَرِّحُ‎ (yušarriḥu)

  1. to cut in slices, to slice, to cut up
  2. to dissect, to anatomise

Conjugation

Noun

شَرْح (šarḥm (plural شُرُوح (šurūḥ))

  1. verbal noun of شَرَحَ (šaraḥa) (form I)
  2. expounding, presentation, explanation
  3. commentary
    • a. 1211 CE, Ibn Khallikan, Wafayāt al-ʾAʿyān, volume 6, page 192:
      وله في النحو مقدمة حسنة، والمقصود منها أسرار الصنعة وهي عزيزة الوجود، وله كتاب الكافي في علم العروض والقوافي" وكتاب في إعراب القرآن سماه "الملخص" رأيته في أربع مجلدات، وشروحه لكتاب الحماسة ثلاثة: أكبر وأوسط وأصغر، وله غير ذلك من التواليف،"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ر ح
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic شَرَحَ (šaraḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.raħ/,
  • (file)

Verb

شرح (šaraḥ) I (present بشرح (bišraḥ))

  1. to explain
    Synonym: فهّم (fahham)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of شرح (šaraḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شرحت (šaraḥt) شرحت (šaraḥt) شرح (šaraḥ) شرحنا (šaraḥna) شرحتو (šaraḥtu) شرحو (šaraḥu)
f شرحتي (šaraḥti) شرحت (šarḥat)
present m بشرح (bašraḥ) بتشرح (btišraḥ) بشرح (bišraḥ) منشرح (mnišraḥ) بتشرحو (btišraḥu) بشرحو (bišraḥu)
f بتشرحي (btišraḥi) بتشرح (btišraḥ)
subjunctive m أشرح (ʔašraḥ) تشرح (tišraḥ) يشرح (yišraḥ) نشرح (nišraḥ) تشرحو (tišraḥu) يشرحو (yišraḥu)
f تشرحي (tišraḥi) تشرح (tišraḥ)
imperative m اشرح (išraḥ) اشرحو (išraḥu)
f اشرحي (išraḥi)