سَرِيحَةٌ
Root: سرح
Full Definition
سَرِيحَةٌ
A thong with which one sews soles or sandals or the like: pl. سَرَائِحُ and سُرُحٌ and [coll. gen. n.]
سَرِيحٌ : or, as some say, the thong wherewith is fastened, or tied, the
خَدَمَة
which is a [thick plaited] thong that is fastened upon the pastern [of a camel, encircling it like a ring, for the attachment of a leathern shoe, or sandal]: the pl. سُرُحٌ is also expl. as signifying the نِعَال [or leathern shoes, or sandals,] of camels: or, as some say, the thongs, or straps, of their
نِعَال; each thong, or strap, being called سَرِيحَةٌ: Suh says, in the R, that
سَرِيحٌ signifies a kind of thing like the
نَعْل
with which camels' feet are clad. The سَرَائِخ of an arrow are The sinews that are wound around it; sing. سَرِيحَةٌ: and also certain marks upon it, like those of fire.
2 Also A piece of a garment that has been much torn: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
3 And A conspicuous elongated strip of ground, even, narrow, and having more trees, or shrubs, or, as Az says, having more plants, or herbage, and trees, or shrubs, than what is around it, and rising above what surrounds it; so that one sees it to be oblong, abounding with trees, or shrubs, what is around it having few trees, or shrubs: and sometimes it is what is termed عَقَبَةٌ [app. as meaning a long mountain lying across the way, and over which one passes]: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
4 And An oblong, or enlongated, tract of blood, when flowing: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
2 Also A piece of a garment that has been much torn: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
3 And A conspicuous elongated strip of ground, even, narrow, and having more trees, or shrubs, or, as Az says, having more plants, or herbage, and trees, or shrubs, than what is around it, and rising above what surrounds it; so that one sees it to be oblong, abounding with trees, or shrubs, what is around it having few trees, or shrubs: and sometimes it is what is termed عَقَبَةٌ [app. as meaning a long mountain lying across the way, and over which one passes]: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
4 And An oblong, or enlongated, tract of blood, when flowing: pl. سَرَائِحُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَرِيحٌ .
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