سَكْرَةٌ

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سَكْرَةٌ A fit of intoxication: pl. سَكَرَاتٌ. You say, ذَهَبَ بَيْنَ الصَّحْوَةِ وَالسَّكْرَةِ He went away in state between that of sensibility and insensibility, or mental perception and inability thereof.
2 And A fit of anger.
3 And An overpowering sensation of delight, affecting youth.
4 سَكْرَةُ المَوْتِ [The intoxication of death; meaning] the confusion of the intellect by reason of the severity of the agony of death: the oppressive sensation attendant upon death, which deprives the sufferer of reason: the oppressive sensation, and disturbance of the mind, and insensibility, attendant upon death. And in like manner, سَكْرَةُ الهَمِ, and النَّوْمِ, The oppressive sensation, &c., attendant upon anxiety, and upon sleep.

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