Quranic root
صرح
ṣ · r · ḥ
The root centers on the appearance, emergence, or bringing of something into the open.
From appearing openly, the root develops related branches of purity and freedom from admixture, explicit speech, unveiled truth, and prominent lofty structures.
- Maqāyīs · row 2780
- Mufradāt · row 826
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
صَرْح
ṣarḥ
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 4 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A lofty, substantial building, such as a palace, pavilion, or tower.
In the Quran, the noun denotes a prominent high structure; the context includes a palace or pavilion and lofty tower-like buildings.
- Lane · entry 25764
- Mufradāt · row 826
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 4 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 19 Classical meanings
صَرُحَ
To be or become pure, unmixed, genuine, or clear.
Said of things generally, and especially of a person’s race or genealogy.
- Lane · entry 25758
صَرَّحَ
Of a she-camel, to yield pure, clear milk.
A Form II usage specifically stated of a camel’s milk.
- Lane · entry 25759
صَرَّحَ
To make something apparent or explicit; to state plainly what is in one’s mind or possession.
Transitive usage for revealing, manifesting, or expressing an intended meaning without ambiguity, equivocation, or indirect wording.
- Lane · entry 25759
صَرَّحَ
To become clear or free from froth, mist, or clouds; to become unmixed.
Said of wine after frothing, of a day or sky after clouds or mists clear, and of a drought year when its severity becomes unmixed.
- Lane · entry 25759
صَرَّحَ
Of an affair or the truth, to become apparent, exposed, or revealed.
Includes the conventional expression for truth becoming manifest after having been concealed.
- Lane · entry 25759
صَرَّحَ
Of an archer or similar shooter, to cast or shoot and miss the mark.
A specialized usage referring to a missile passing clear of the butt or target.
- Lane · entry 25759
صَارَحَ
To confront or face someone openly, face to face.
Also used of meeting or addressing someone directly and without concealment.
- Lane · entry 25760
تَصَرَّحَ
Of froth, to clear away from wine.
A Form V usage describing the removal or clearing of froth from wine.
- Lane · entry 25762
صَرْحَة
An open court or spacious vacant area; also an even, hard, elevated, or open tract of ground.
May denote the open part of a house, a tract exposed to view, or a place used for confining animals or drying dates.
- Lane · entry 25766
صَرْحَةً بَرْحَةً
Openly, or out into the open field.
An idiomatic expression for going forth openly, including going out to the field of battle.
- Lane · entry 25766
صُرَاح
Thin, watery milk in which a visible discoloration may be seen.
A lexical usage describing milk containing much water, with a tawnish or greenish appearance.
- Lane · entry 25769
صَرِيح
Pure, unmixed, genuine, or unalloyed.
Applied literally to liquids and figuratively to ancestry, genealogy, breed, and other qualities regarded as free from admixture.
- Lane · entry 25771
صَرِيح
Explicit, plain, or unambiguous.
Said of a word, statement, or saying that requires no inferred or secondary interpretation; it can also describe sincerity or directness in counsel.
- Lane · entry 25771
صُرَاحِيَة
Clearly, plainly, or without admixture.
Used adverbially in stating an affair directly and without concealment.
- Lane · entry 25774
صَرِيحِيّ
An epithet for a horse descended from a stallion named صَرِيح, associated with a generous breed.
A specialized designation relating a horse to that particular lineage.
- Lane · entry 25776
صُرَاحِيَّة
A vessel for wine.
The lexical evidence reports this meaning but explicitly records doubt about its correctness.
- Lane · entry 25777
صُرَّاح
A flying insect resembling a locust and eaten.
A specific traditional designation for this edible flying creature.
- Lane · entry 25778
مُصَرِّح
A day free from clouds.
A descriptive participial usage for a clear, cloudless day.
- Lane · entry 25780
مِصْرَاح
A she-camel whose milk is pure and not frothy.
A specialized noun for a camel yielding clear milk with little froth.
- Lane · entry 25781
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic contextual renderings alternate between “palace” and “tower”; the lexical evidence supports one broader sense of a lofty substantial building rather than separate Quranic senses.
The reported sense of صُرَاحِيَّة as a wine vessel is retained as a doubtful classical usage because the evidence itself questions its correctness.