سَارَ
Root: سور
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَارَI
, Present.T يَسُورُ, inf. سُؤُورٌ, or سَوْرٌ, or both, or سَوْرَةٌ, [but this last is an Verbal.Noun of un.,] He leaped or sprang, إِلَيْهِ
to, or towards, him, and عَلَيْهِ
upon him.
2 He leaped, or sprang, [or committed an assault, upon another,] like as he does who behaves in an annoying manner towards his cup-companion in his intoxication.
3 [Hence,] سَارَ الشَّرَابُ فِى رَأْسِهِ, Verbal.Noun سَوْرٌ and سُؤُورٌ and سُوُورٌ, agreeably with the root, and سُوَارٌ,
4 And سار, Present.T as above,
5 سار, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَوْرٌ, also signifies He rose, or became elevated.
6 And one says to a man, سُرْسُرْ [Rise thou, rise thou, to eminence,] in enjoining aspiration to the means of acquiring eminence, or nobility: from سُرْتُ الحَائِطَ, meaning I ascended, or mounted, upon the wall.
7 See also 5, in two places.
def.2 سُورَبِهِ: see 2 in art. سير.
2 He leaped, or sprang, [or committed an assault, upon another,] like as he does who behaves in an annoying manner towards his cup-companion in his intoxication.
3 [Hence,] سَارَ الشَّرَابُ فِى رَأْسِهِ, Verbal.Noun سَوْرٌ and سُؤُورٌ and سُوُورٌ, agreeably with the root, and سُوَارٌ,
4 And سار, Present.T as above,
5 سار, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَوْرٌ, also signifies He rose, or became elevated.
means I rose to him [upon the upper, or uppermost, parts of the wall of the city or town &c.].سُرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِى أَعَالِى السُّورِ
6 And one says to a man, سُرْسُرْ [Rise thou, rise thou, to eminence,] in enjoining aspiration to the means of acquiring eminence, or nobility: from سُرْتُ الحَائِطَ, meaning I ascended, or mounted, upon the wall.
7 See also 5, in two places.
def.2 سُورَبِهِ: see 2 in art. سير.
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