Arabic word sheet
سَارَ
To go along, to travel
- Type
- verb
- Root
- س ي ر
Meaning and usage
To go along, to travel
Said of someone or something that moves forward and covers a distance: a person, a mount, a ship, a car. It does not say by what means, but stresses the going.
سَارَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ طُولَ النَّهَارِ.
The travellers journeyed all day long.
To conduct oneself, to proceed
By image, said of someone who keeps to a line of conduct or a way of doing things, good or bad.
سَارَ الْمُدِيرُ عَلَى خُطَّةٍ وَاضِحَةٍ.
The manager kept to a clear plan.
To spread, to go round
Said of a saying, a piece of news or a proverb that passes from mouth to mouth and ends up known to all.
سَارَ الْخَبَرُ فِي الْقَرْيَةِ بِسُرْعَةٍ.
The news spread quickly through the village.
Word family
What the root means س ي ر
The root is about going along: moving forward, journeying, by day as by night. From it come the words for a march and its distance, for a way of conducting oneself, for sending someone on his way, and for a company of travellers.
going, march
سَيْرٌ
journey, distance to cover
مَسِيرَةٌ
conduct, way of life
سِيرَةٌ
to send off, to set going
سَيَّرَ
to go along with
سَايَرَ
caravan (today: car)
سَيَّارَةٌ
Synonyms
to go, to leave
ذَهَبَ
It stresses leaving for a place, whereas the headword stresses the way one covers.
to walk
Narrower: it says that one goes on foot, whereas the headword holds for any way of moving along.
Opposites
to stop
وَقَفَ