سُورَةٌ
Root: سور
Full Definition
2 سُورَةٌ also signifies What is goodly and tall, of structures.
3 And The extremity (حَدّ) of anything.
4 See also سُورٌ.
5 Also A row of stones or bricks of a wall: (L, K: in the L, عَرَقٌ مِنْ أَعْرَاقِ الحَائِطِ: in the K, عَرَقٌ من عُرُوقِ الحائط, or, as in the CK, عِرْقٌ الخ:) any degree (مَنْزِلَة) of a structure: pl. سُورٌ , [or this is a coll. gen. n.,] like as بُسْرٌ is of بُسْرَةٌ, and سُوَرٌ.
6 Hence its application in relation to the Kur-án, [to signify A chapter thereof,] because each of what are thus called forms one degree, or step, distinct from another, or [leading] to another: or from the same word signifying “ eminence: ” or as being likened to the wall of a city: some pronounce it with hemz; (see art. سأر;) but it is more common without: pl. سُوَرٌ, and سُورَاتٌ and سُوَرَاتٌ are also allowable.
7 A sign, or token. You say, بَيْنَهُمَا سُورَةٌ Between them two is a sign, or token.
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