سَرَأَتْ
Root: سرأ
Form: 1
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سَرَأَتْI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun سَرْءٌ; and
سرّأت , Verbal.Noun تَسْرِئَةٌ; said of the female locust, and of the female of the [lizard called] ضَبّ, [and of a fish, and the like, (see سَرْءٌ,)] She laid eggs: and سَرَتْ, Verbal.Noun سَرْوٌ, is a dial. var. thereof. (TA in art. سرو.) [And accord. to El-Kanánee, as cited in the TA, it seems that one says also, of locusts (جَرَاد), سَرَأَ البَيْضَ and سَرَأَ بِهِ.]
2 Also, each of these two verbs, the former mentioned by IDrd, and ↓ the latter by Fr, said of a woman, She bore many children.
2 Also, each of these two verbs, the former mentioned by IDrd, and ↓ the latter by Fr, said of a woman, She bore many children.
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