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سَيْر setting out in Arabic

سَيْر is how you say “setting out” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَيَحُثُّ عَلَى السَّيْرِ وَالتَّشْمِيرِ لِلْحَاقِ بِهِمْ

And he urges setting out and tucking up one's sleeves to catch up with them.

السَّيْرِ the setting out

A definite verbal noun 'the setting-out/journeying', governed into the genitive by the preceding 'upon', its al- assimilating into the following sun letter. It names the first thing urged. A second is joined next.

From Choosing Good Companions

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فَاسْتَفَدْتُ بِالنَّظَرِ فِيهَا مِنْ مُلاحَظَةٍ سَيْرِ القَوْمِ،

So I benefited from observing the conduct of the people.

سَيْرِ conduct

This noun heads an 'of' pairing meaning 'the conduct of...': it leans on the following noun and takes definiteness from it, dropping its own 'the'. As the first member it sits in the genitive within the larger 'observing of...' phrase. It is the trait being observed.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

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