# صرح
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

صَرَحَ • (ṣaraḥa) I (non-past يَصْرَحُ (yaṣraḥu), verbal noun صَرْح (ṣarḥ))
* to expound clearly, to clarify, to explain (عَلَى (ʕalā) to someone)
* to publish

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

صَرُحَ • (ṣaruḥa) I (non-past يَصْرُحُ (yaṣruḥu), verbal noun صَرَاحَة (ṣarāḥa) or صُرُوحَة (ṣurūḥa))
* to be pure, to be clear

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

صَرَّحَ • (ṣarraḥa) II (non-past يُصَرِّحُ (yuṣarriḥu), verbal noun تَصْرِيح (taṣrīḥ))
* to speak distinctly, to clarify, to explain
* to say one's opinion openly, to declare, to announce (بِ (bi) something)
* to publish
* to be clear, to be explicit (بِ (bi) or عَن (ʕan) about)
* to allow (بِ (bi) someone لِ (li) something)
* to license (بِ (bi) something)
* to be pure, to be clear
* to miss

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

صَرْح • (ṣarḥ) m
* verbal noun of صَرَحَ (ṣaraḥa, “to explain, to clarify”) (form I)
* explanation, clarification

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old South Arabian 𐩮𐩧𐩢 (ṣrḥ, “cult building”), also Old South Arabian 𐩮𐩧𐩢𐩩 (ṣrḥt, “upper floor; enclosed yard”), and passed into Ge'ez ጽርሕ (ṣərḥ, “chamber, private room; fortress; palace; temple”). Compare Hebrew צְרִיחַ (ts'ríakh, “spire, tower”) as well.

#### Noun

صَرْح • (ṣarḥ) m (plural صُرُوح (ṣurūḥ))
* (rare) chamber, private room
* castle, palace, high building, edifice, tower
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:36:وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يٰهٰمَٰنُ ٱِبْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبَٰبَwaqāla firʕawnu yāhāmānu ibni lī ṣarḥan laʕallī ʔabluḡu l-ʔasbābaAnd Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build me a tower that I may reach the guardians [of heaven]!
* skyscraper

##### References

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