س ر ب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ي ب (s-y-b), from whence also سَابَ (sāba, “to flow”). Compare دَاسَ (dāsa, “to crush, to trample”) and دَرَسَ (darasa, “to thresh, to flail”) with same derivation pattern.

Root

س ر ب • (s-r-b)

1. related to seeping

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: سَرِبَ (sariba, “to leak”)
  • Verbal noun: سَرَب (sarab)
  • Active participle: سَارِب (sārib)
  • Passive participle: مَسْرُوب (masrūb)
• Form II: سَرَّبَ (sarraba, “to leak”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسْرِيب (tasrīb)
  • Active participle: مُسَرِّب (musarrib)
  • Passive participle: مُسَرَّب (musarrab)
• Form V: تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba, “to leak”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَرُّب (tasarrub)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَرِّب (mutasarrib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَرَّب (mutasarrab)
• Form VII: اِنْسَرَبَ (insaraba, “to hole up”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْسِرَاب (insirāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْسَرِب (munsarib)

Nouns

• سِرْب m (sirb, “flock”), pl. أَسْرَاب (ʔasrāb)
• سَرَب m (sarab, “burrow”), pl. أَسْرَاب (ʔasrāb)
• سُرْبَة f (surba, “swarm”), pl. سُرَب (surab)
• سَرَاب m (sarāb, “phantasm”)
• مَسْرَب m (masrab, “trace; culvert”), pl. مَسَارِب (masārib)
• سَارِبَة f (sāriba, “reptile”), pl. سَوَارِب (sawārib)