sarra7 سرح

Tunisian Derja · verb

“sarra7” (سرح) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to release, let go, set free.

Meanings

1. to release, let go, set free
2. to take the herd out to graze
3. to clear, let through (the road)

Usage

Sarra7 (with doubled consonant) means to let go someone or something you were holding. It is used for a prisoner, an animal, a held person, or an employee being dismissed. In the countryside it also means taking animals to pasture: "sarra7 bel-ghnam". The expression "sarra7 el-kayyes" means clearing the road or letting traffic through, especially after a roadblock. The simple form sra7 is intransitive: "to go out to graze", "to wander off freely". This word does not have the meaning of "daydreaming" sometimes found in standard Arabic.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sarra7” but also “sara7”, “sarrah” and “sra7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “sarra7” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to take livestock out to graze”; “to wander, roam”: sre7 in Moroccan.