صِرٌّ
Root: صر
Full Definition
2 And رِيحٌ صِرٌّ and صَرْصَرٌ A wind intensely cold: or very intensely cold: or vehemently loud: of صَرْصَرٌ some say that it is originally صَرَّرٌ, from صِرٌّ meaning “ cold; ” the incipient letter being repeated, and put in the place of the medial ر: others, that it is from صَرِيرُ البَابِ [ “ the creaking of the door ”], and from صَرَّةٌ meaning “ vociferation, or clamour. ”
3 And صِرٌّ is the name of A certain bird, like the sparrow in size, of a yellow colour: so called because of its cry: or, as some say, the sparrow (عُصْفُور) itself.
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