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الصَّرَّارُ

Root: صر

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الصَّرَّارُ , or صَرَّارُ اللَّيْلِ, or both, (Mgh in art. خطب,) and , (M and L in art. جد,) The جُدْجُد; [a cricket, which is called the صَرَّار in the present day]; a certain thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ); a small flying thing; it is larger than the جُنْدَب, and is called by some of the Arabs الصَّدَى: A 'Obeyd says that this last term signifies a certain flying thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ) by night, and hops, and flies, thought by the [common] people to be the جُنْدَب, and found in the deserts.


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