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سُرُورٌ

Root: سر

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سُرُورٌ , or سَرُورٌ , when used as a simple subst., but this is strange, and, accord. to MF, unknown, whether as a simple subst. or as an Verbal.Noun, and سُرٌّ and سَرَّآءُ and تَسُرَّةٌ , Happiness, or joy, or gladness; syn. فَرَحٌ; contr. of حُزْنٌ: or dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, wherein is quiet or tranquillity or rest of mind, of short or of long continuance; whereas فَرَحٌ is dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, of short continuance, transitory, or fleeting, not lasting, as is the case in bodily and worldly pleasures; but فَرَح is sometimes called سُرُور, and vice versâ: (Er-Rághib, TA in art. فرح:) or سُرُورٌ signifies pleasure, or delight, and dilatation of the heart, of which there is no external sign; distinguished from حُبُورٌ, which is cheerfulness, i. e., pleasure, or delight, or dilatation of the heart, which has a visible effect in the aspect.

def.2 Also sing. of سُرُرٌ , which signifies The upper extremities of the stems of plants. See also مَسَرَّةٌ.
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