سُرْبَةٌ
Root: سرب
Full Definition
سُرْبَةٌ
A short journey; or so
سَرْبَةٌ . You say, إِنَّكَ لَتُرِيدُ سُرْبَةً
Verily thou desirest a short journey. A long journey is termed سُبْأَةٌ.
2 And i. q. مَذْهَبٌ and طَرِيقَةٌ [i. e. A way by which one goes or goes away, a proper meaning of the former word; and a way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like, which is a meaning of both of these words]. One says, فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ السُّرْبَةِ, meaning [Such a one is] one who takes a distant way into the country, or land: or meaning بَعِيدُ المَذْهَبِ and الطَّرِيقَةِ [i. e., who follows a distant, or remote, way in journeying, and a long way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like. See also سَرْبٌ, and مَسْرَبٌ]. Esh-Shenfarà says,
def.2 Also A portion, or detached number, of what compose a سِرْب, i. e., of a collection [or herd] of gazelles, and of [wild] oxen, or [of a flock] of the birds called قَطًا, and of horses, and asses, and gazelles: pl. سُرَبٌ, like غُرَفٌ pl. of غُرْفَةٌ. See also سِرْبٌ, in two places; in the latter of which the pl. is said to be سُرُبٌ and سُرْبٌ.
2 A collection of خَيْل [i. e. horses, or horsemen], from twenty to thirty, or from ten to twenty.
3 A company of men who steal away from an army, and make a hostile incursion into the territory of a people, and return.
4 A row of grape-vines: and any طَرِيقَة [meaning row or line].
5 See also مَسْرُبَةٌ.
6 Also i. q. خُرْزَةٌ [i. e. A seam, or a stitch, or a puncture, or stitch-hole, of a skin or the like]. (M. [See also سَرْبَةٌ.])
2 And i. q. مَذْهَبٌ and طَرِيقَةٌ [i. e. A way by which one goes or goes away, a proper meaning of the former word; and a way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like, which is a meaning of both of these words]. One says, فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ السُّرْبَةِ, meaning [Such a one is] one who takes a distant way into the country, or land: or meaning بَعِيدُ المَذْهَبِ and الطَّرِيقَةِ [i. e., who follows a distant, or remote, way in journeying, and a long way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like. See also سَرْبٌ, and مَسْرَبٌ]. Esh-Shenfarà says,
[We passed from the valley that is between Mish' al and El-Hashà: distant was it: I made my way to lead me far off]; meaning, how distant was the place from which I commenced my journey! And one says also, إِنَّهُ لَقَرِيبُ السُّرْبَةِ, meaning قَرِيبُ المَذْهَبِ [i. e. Verily he is one who pursues a near way]; who hastens, or is quick, in accomplishing his want.عَدَوْنَا مِنَ الوَادِى الَّذِى بَيْنَ مِشْعَلٍ وَبَيْنَ الحَشَا هَيْهَاتَ أَنْسَأْتُ سُرْبَتِى
def.2 Also A portion, or detached number, of what compose a سِرْب, i. e., of a collection [or herd] of gazelles, and of [wild] oxen, or [of a flock] of the birds called قَطًا, and of horses, and asses, and gazelles: pl. سُرَبٌ, like غُرَفٌ pl. of غُرْفَةٌ. See also سِرْبٌ, in two places; in the latter of which the pl. is said to be سُرُبٌ and سُرْبٌ.
2 A collection of خَيْل [i. e. horses, or horsemen], from twenty to thirty, or from ten to twenty.
3 A company of men who steal away from an army, and make a hostile incursion into the territory of a people, and return.
4 A row of grape-vines: and any طَرِيقَة [meaning row or line].
5 See also مَسْرُبَةٌ.
6 Also i. q. خُرْزَةٌ [i. e. A seam, or a stitch, or a puncture, or stitch-hole, of a skin or the like]. (M. [See also سَرْبَةٌ.])
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