How to say "with pleasure / gladly" in Arabic
False friendMeaningwith pleasure / gladly
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بِكُلِّ سُرُور
bi-kulli surūrבכל סרור
بكل سرور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בשמחה
besimkhaبِسِمْخَا
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
س-ر-رHebrew root
ס-ר-רSurūr, joy or gladness, and Hebrew סוֹרֵר, 'stubborn, rebellious,' share the exact same root consonants س-ر-ر / ס-ר-ר — but pull in opposite directions in meaning. With no documented semantic bridge between 'gladden' and 'turn aside,' this reads as a coincidental root-clash rather than a real shared history.
Related Hebrew word:סוררsorerسُورِر
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In a phrase
بِكُلِّ سُرُور، سَأُسَاعِدُك
bi-kulli surūr, saʾusāʿidukבכל סרור, סאסאעדךwith pleasure, I'll help you
More words from this root
More in Greetings & Essentials
- at your service / go aheadtaḥta amrikتَحْتَ أَمْرِكלשירותך
- I missed youishtaqtu ilaykاِشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْكהתגעגעתי אליך
- see you later / I'll see youarāk lāḥiqanأَرَاك لَاحِقًاנתראה אחר כך
- how is your family?kayfa ahlakكَيْفَ أَهْلَك؟מה שלום המשפחה?
- God bless you (reply to thanks or a compliment)allāhu yubārik fīkاللَّهُ يُبَارِك فِيكשאלוהים יברך אותך
- the honor is mine (reply to nice-to-meet-you)ash-sharaf līالشَّرَف لِيהכבוד שלי