صَرًى
Root: صرى
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صَرًى
, an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, and
, [and Freytag adds
صُرًى , as from the K, in which I do not find it,] Water remaining, or stagnating, long, accord. to Fr; or that has remained, or stagnated, long: or water remaining long, or that has remained long, and become altered [for the worse], accord. to AA. And the first, an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, Milk that has remained long so that its flavour has become altered [for the worse]; as also
, which is in like manner applied to water: or milk left [long] in the udder of the camel, not drawn, so that it becomes salt and windy: or milk drawn in the night from a camel abounding therewith, having a bad and burning flavour. And, some say, [used as a subst.,] A portion remaining of milk in the udder, and of water. And Tears (دَمْعٌ) that have become collected: and the sing. [or epithet applied to a single tear (دَمْعَةٌ)] is صَرَاةٌ. And نُطْفَةٌ صَرَاةٌ [Sperma of a man] altered [for the worse]: and long retained by him in his back.
2 For the fem., صَرَاةٌ, see also مُصَرَّاةٌ.
2 For the fem., صَرَاةٌ, see also مُصَرَّاةٌ.
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