سَرِيرٌcouches in Arabic

Example sentences

• نصبوا إذا إنتصبوا فنصبت لهم السرر،

  They stood firm when they arose, so couches were raised for them,

  السُّرُرُ — the couches. Placed after its passive verb, this definite plural noun is the thing raised and stands in the plain subject ending because, in a passive, the receiver of the action becomes the grammatical subject. The 'the' marks specific known couches set up for the group.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →