سَيْرsetting out

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →