سَرْيَةٌ
Root: سرى
Full Definition
سَرْيَةٌ
and
سُرْيَةٌ are inf. ns. of سَرَى: or have a more special signification than the Verbal.Noun of that verb, which is سَرْىٌ: one says, سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ and
[We journeyed by night a journey of the night]: and the pl. of
سُرْيَةٌ is [said to be] سُرًى: or one says,
سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً وَاحِدَةً [We journeyed by night a single night-journey]: and the subst. [signifying a journeying, or travelling, by night, or in the night,] is
سُرْيَةٌ , and سُرًى.