صرح

From the root ص ر ح‎ (ṣ-r-ḥ).

صَرَحَ • (ṣaraḥa) I, non-past يَصْرَحُ‎‎ (yaṣraḥu)

1. to expound clearly, to clarify, to explain (عَلَى‎ (ʿalā) to someone)
2. to publish

صَرُحَ • (ṣaruḥa) I, non-past يَصْرُحُ‎‎ (yaṣruḥu)

1. to be pure, to be clear

صَرَّحَ • (ṣarraḥa) II, non-past يُصَرِّحُ‎‎ (yuṣarriḥu)

1. to speak distinctly, to clarify, to explain
2. to say one's opinion openly, to declare, to announce (بِ‎ (bi) something)
3. to publish
4. to be clear, to be explicit (بِ‎ (bi) or عَن‎ (ʿan) about)
5. to allow (بِ‎ (bi) someone لِ‎ (li) something)
6. to license (بِ‎ (bi) something)
7. to be pure, to be clear
8. to miss

صَرْح • (ṣarḥ) m

1. verbal noun of صَرَحَ (ṣaraḥa, “to explain, to clarify”) (form I)
2. explanation, clarification

From Ge'ez ጽርሕ (ṣərḥ, “chamber, private room; fortress; palace; temple”), which is from Old South Arabian 𐩮𐩧𐩢‎ (“cult building”).

صَرْح • (ṣarḥ) m (plural صُرُوح‎ (ṣurūḥ))

1. (rare) chamber, private room
2. castle, palace, high building, edifice, tower
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:36:

     ‏وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يٰهٰمَٰنُ ٱِبْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبَٰبَ‎

     waqāla firʿawnu yāhāmānu ibni lī ṣarḥan llaʿallī ʾabluḡu l-ʾasbāba

     And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build me a tower that I may reach the guardians [of heaven]!

3. skyscraper

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