صَرْصَرٌ
Root: صر
Full Definition
صَرْصَرٌ
: see صِرٌّ, in three places.
def.2 and see الصَّرَّارُ.
2 Also A certain insect (دُوَيْبَّةٌ), beneath the ground, that creaks (تَصِرُّ) in the days of the [season called] رَبِيع; and so صُرْصُرٌ and صُرْصُورٌ . [Accord. to Forskål, صرصر, pronounced “ sursur, ” is applied to an insect which he terms Blatta Aegyptiaca.]
3 And The cock: (K, TA: [written by Golius and Freytag صِرْصِرٌ:]) so called because of his cry.
4 See also صُرْصُورٌ.
def.2 and see الصَّرَّارُ.
2 Also A certain insect (دُوَيْبَّةٌ), beneath the ground, that creaks (تَصِرُّ) in the days of the [season called] رَبِيع; and so صُرْصُرٌ and صُرْصُورٌ . [Accord. to Forskål, صرصر, pronounced “ sursur, ” is applied to an insect which he terms Blatta Aegyptiaca.]
3 And The cock: (K, TA: [written by Golius and Freytag صِرْصِرٌ:]) so called because of his cry.
4 See also صُرْصُورٌ.
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