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سَرِيرٌ

Root: سر

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سَرِيرٌ [A couch-frame; a bedstead: a raised couch, or couch upon a frame: a throne:] a thing upon which one lies; syn. مُضْطَجَعٌ: or a thing upon which one sits: pl. [of pauc.] أَسِرَّةٌ and [of mult.] سُرُرٌ, and some, for the latter, say سُرَرٌ, as more easy of pronunciation, and make the same change in other similar pls., and he who says صِيْدٌ [for صُيُدٌ, pl. of صَيُودٌ,] says سُرٌّ for سُرُرٌ. It is said to be derived from سُرُورٌ, because it generally belongs to persons of ease and affluence and of authority, and to kings.
2 Hence, and as an appellation of good omen, A bier, before the corpse is carried upon it: when the corpse is carried upon it, it is called [نِعْشٌ and] جَِنَازَةٌ.
3 [Hence,] سَرِيرُ بَنَاتِ نَعْشٍ [The bier of BenátNaash;] the seven stars that are upon the neck and breast and two knees of the Greater Bear, resembling a semicircle; [app. τ, η, υ, ø, θ, e, and f; ] also called الحَوْضُ.
4 [Hence likewise] سَرِيرٌ also signifies Dominion, sovereignty, rule, or authority: and ease, comfort, or affluence: (S, * K: [in some copies of each of which, we find النِّعْمَةُ in the place of النَّعْمَةُ:]) and settled means of subsistence. You say, زَالَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ He ceased to enjoy authority, or power, and ease, comfort, or affluence. [See also an ex. in a verse cited in art. دغفل.]
5 And The part where the head rests upon the neck: pl. أَسِرَّةٌ and سَرَائِرُ.

def.2 See also سِرَرٌ, in two places:

def.3 and مَسَرَّةٌ.
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