مَسَرَّةٌ
Root: سر
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مَسَرَّةٌ
an Verbal.Noun of سَرَّهُ [q. v.]
2 [And A cause of سُرُور, i. e. happiness, or joy, or gladness;] a thing whereby one is made happy, or joyful, or glad: pl. مَسَارُّ.
3 See also سَرَّآءُ.
4 Also, [perhaps as being a cause of pleasure,] The extremities of sweet-smelling plants; and so سُرُورٌ : or the latter, the upper halves of the stems of plants; (Lth, M, O; [but see سُرُورٌ;]) properly, the parts of a lotus-plant that are concealed [by the water] and are consequently succulent and soft and beautiful: and سَرِيرٌ , the root, or lower part, of a lotusplant, whereon it rests: or this last, the pith of the lotus-plant; and so سِرَارٌ : [accord. to Az,] اِبْنُ المَسَرَّةِ signifies the branch [or sprig] of رَيْحَان [or of a sweetsmelling plant]. (T in art بنى.)
2 [And A cause of سُرُور, i. e. happiness, or joy, or gladness;] a thing whereby one is made happy, or joyful, or glad: pl. مَسَارُّ.
3 See also سَرَّآءُ.
4 Also, [perhaps as being a cause of pleasure,] The extremities of sweet-smelling plants; and so سُرُورٌ : or the latter, the upper halves of the stems of plants; (Lth, M, O; [but see سُرُورٌ;]) properly, the parts of a lotus-plant that are concealed [by the water] and are consequently succulent and soft and beautiful: and سَرِيرٌ , the root, or lower part, of a lotusplant, whereon it rests: or this last, the pith of the lotus-plant; and so سِرَارٌ : [accord. to Az,] اِبْنُ المَسَرَّةِ signifies the branch [or sprig] of رَيْحَان [or of a sweetsmelling plant]. (T in art بنى.)
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