سَرْءٌ
Root: سرأ
Full Definition
سَرْءٌ
and
سَرْأَةٌ and
سِرْأَةٌ (K [for ويُكسر in the CK should be وَتُكْسَرُ, referring to the second form,]) and
سِرْءٌ , (TA, [accord. to which وتكسر refers to the س in the first and second, but this I think improbable,]) or سرأة is with kesr [only, i. e.
سِرْأَةٌ ], (S, K, [supposing that in the latter the pronoun هِىَ refers to سرأة, but accord. to the TA it means الكَلِمَةُ, so as to refer to سرء also,]) and most hold this to be correct, The egg, or eggs, of the locust, and of the [lizard called] ضَبّ, and of fish and the like; and سِرْوَةٌ signifies the same, but is originally with ء: accord. to 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh El-Isbahánee, سِرْأَةٌ and سِرْوَةٌ signify the eggs of the locust; but some say, only when laid: accord. to Lth, سرء [app. سَرْءٌ] signifies the eggs of the fish and the like, as also سُرُوْءٌ; [the former as a coll. gen. n., and the latter as its pl., agreeably with analogy;] and one is called سرأة [app.
سَرْأَةٌ as a n. un., agreeably with analogy; or it may be
سِرْأَةٌ ]. (TA. [See also سِرْوَةٌ in art. سرو: and see دَبًى.])
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