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سَيْرٌ walking in Arabic

سَيْرٌ is how you say “walking” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَعَلَى قَدْرِ سَيْرِهِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الصِّرَاطِ

And according to how he walks on this bridge.

سَيْرِهِ his walking

An action-noun ('walking') with an attached -hi ('his'), so 'his walking', naming the act as a thing. It closes the 'measure of his walking' pairing as the owner and takes the genitive ending. The -hi tracks the person whose pace is meant.

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More example sentences

يَكُونُ سَيْرُهُ عَلَى ذَاكَ الصِّرَاطِ،

His walk will be on that path,

سَيْرُهُ his walk

An action-noun ('walking') with an attached -hu ('his'), so 'his walk', the real subject of the 'will be' verb. The -hu tracks the person whose pace is described. It carries the ending that marks it as the subject of its clause.

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فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْعَبْدُ سَيْرَهُ عَلَىٰ ذَلِكَ الصِّرَاطِ

So let the servant examine his conduct on that path.

سَيْرَهُ his conduct

An action-noun ('walking/conduct') with an attached -hu ('his'), so 'his conduct', the object the servant is told to examine. As the object of the looking it takes the accusative ending. The -hu tracks the person being urged.

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