Arabic vocabulary
سائر is how you say “rest” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وأمثال ذَلِك مِمَّا اسْتعْمل فِيهِ لفظ الْكَلِمَة من الْكتاب وَالسّنة بل وَسَائِر كَلَام الْعَرَب فَإِنَّمَا يُرَاد بِهِ الْجُمْلَة التَّامَّة
And the likes of that from the usage of the term (the word) in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as the rest of Arab speech, for it indeed means the complete sentence.
وَسَائِرُ — and the rest of. 'and the rest of' — 'wa' plus 'sa'ir' (the remainder), nominative, head of an 'of' pairing with 'speech'. It widens to everything else.
From: The Declaration of Faith →وَسَائِر اللَّذَّات دون هَذِه اللَّذَّة مضمحلة فانية
And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.
وَسَائِرُ — And all. 'And' plus 'the rest / all', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'all the rest of pleasures' — the topic, nominative. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →OpenArabic teaches words like سائر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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