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سُرَّةٌ

Root: سر

Full Definition

سُرَّةٌ The navel; i. e. the place from which the navel-string (سُرّ) has been cut off; the small cavity, or hollow, of the belly, in the middle thereof; what remains of the سِرَر: [see سُرٌّ:] pl. سُرَرٌ [in the CK erroneously سِرَرٌ] and سُرَّاتٌ.
2 [Hence,] سُرَّةُ الفَرَسِ [The navel of the horse,] the star, of Pegasus, that is in the head of Andromeda.
3 [Hence likewise] سُرَّةٌ also signifies A perforation in the middle of a jar such as is termed مُزَمَّلَة [q. v.], in which is fixed a tube of silver or lead, whence one drinks.
4 And The place where the water rests, in the furthest part, of a watering-trough, or tank.
5 See also سِرٌّ, in two places, in the latter part of the paragraph.
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