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سَرْيَةٌ

Root: سرى

Full Definition

سَرْيَةٌ and سُرْيَةٌ are inf. ns. of سَرَى: or have a more special signification than the Verbal.Noun of that verb, which is سَرْىٌ: one says, سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ and [We journeyed by night a journey of the night]: and the pl. of سُرْيَةٌ is [said to be] سُرًى: or one says, سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً وَاحِدَةً [We journeyed by night a single night-journey]: and the subst. [signifying a journeying, or travelling, by night, or in the night,] is سُرْيَةٌ , and سُرًى.
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