سَرَب
Root: سرب
Full Definition
سَرَب
A subterranean excavation: or a habitation of a wild animal, in, or beneath, the earth, or ground, having no passage through it; also called وَكْرٌ: such as has a passage through it is
2 Also Flowing water: (M, K: [see also سَرِبٌ:]) or water flowing from a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] and the like: or water dropping from the punctures made in the sewing of a water-skin.
3 And Water that is poured into a قِرْبَة [or skin for water or milk], when it is new, or into a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag], in order that the thong [with which it is sewed] may become moistened, so as to swell, and fill up the holes made in the sewing.
2 Also Flowing water: (M, K: [see also سَرِبٌ:]) or water flowing from a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] and the like: or water dropping from the punctures made in the sewing of a water-skin.
3 And Water that is poured into a قِرْبَة [or skin for water or milk], when it is new, or into a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag], in order that the thong [with which it is sewed] may become moistened, so as to swell, and fill up the holes made in the sewing.
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