صِرَّى
Root: صر
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صِرَّى
, said of an oath, or هُوَ مِنِّى, صِرَّى, and
أَصِرَّى , and
صِرِّى , and
أَصِرِّى , and
صُرَّى and
صُرِّى , or
صُرِّىٌّ and
صِرِّىٌّ , It is a determination, or resolution, from me; a serious assertion; not a jest. Aboo-Semmál El-Asadee, his she-camel having strayed, said, “ I swear to Thee, [O God,] that, if Thou restore her not to me, I will not serve Thee: ” or, “ O God, if Thou restore her not to me, I will not say a prayer to Thee: ” and he found her, her nose-rein having caught to a thorntree (عَوْسَجَة); and he took her, and said, عَلِمَ
رَبِّى أَنَّهَا مِنِّى صِرَّى
My Lord knew that it was a determination, or resolution, or serious assertion, from me: or a confirmed determination: it is derived from أَصْرَرْتُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ “ I persevered, or persisted, in the thing: ” [or “ I determined, or resolved, upon the thing: ”] AHeyth says, صِرِّى , i. e., Determine thou, or resolve thou; as though he addressed himself; from أَصَرَّ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ “ he determined, or resolved, upon going on in doing it, and not turning back: ” it is also said that
is changed into
أَصِرَّى , like as they say بِأَبِى أَنْتَ and بِأَبَا أَنْتَ: and in like manner, صِرِّى is changed into صِرَّى; the ا in أَصِرِّى being elided: not that they are two dial. vars., صَرَرْتُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ and أَصْرَرْتُ: and Fr. says that صِرَّى and
أَصِرَّى are originally imperatives; and that, when they desired to change them [i. e. the imperatives] into nouns, they changed the ى into | [written ى after fet-h]: and in like manner, [changing verbs into nouns,] they say, نُهِىَ عَنْ قِيلٍ وَقَالٍ; &c. Accord. to AZ, one says, إِنَّهَا مِنِّى meaning Verily, it is a truth, or reality, from me; and Aboo-Málik says the same of
أَصِرِّى .
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