شرى

شَرًى ذ A road, (K, TA,) in a general sense. (TA.) And, (K,) with the article ال, [particularly] A road of Selmà, (S, K, TA,) the mountain so called, (TA,) abounding with lions: (S, K, TA:) whence they say of courageous men, مَا هُمْ اـِلَّا أُسُودُ الشَّرَى [ They are no other than the lions of Esh-Sharà ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [as meaning An adjacent tract or region ]; (S, K;) as also ↓ شَرَاآءٌ: (K:) accord. to some, of the right hand: (TA:) pl. أَشْرَاآءٌ. (S, K.) Hence, شَرَى الفُرَاتِ The adjacent tract (نَاحِيَة) of the Euphrates: (TA:) and أَشْرَاآءُ الحَرَمِ the adjacent tracts of the Sacred Territory; syn. نَوَاحِيهِ. (S.) ― -b3- And A mountain. (K.) -A2- Also The bad, or worse, or worst, of cattle: accord. to J, [in the S,] ↓ شَرْىٌ, [said in the S to be like شَوَى المَالِ,] which is [said to be] a mistake: (K:) but ElBedr El-Karáfee questions it being so: (TA:) and the good, or better, or best, thereof; as also ↓ شَرَاةٌ: thus having two contr. significations: (K:) and so says ISk: but ISd says that اـِبِلٌ ↓ شَرَاةٌ, like سَرَاةٌ, means choice camels. (TA.) -A3- And A certain eruption upon the body, resembling dirhems: (TA:) or small pimples or purulent pustules, having a burning property: (S:) or small pimples or purulent pustules, red, itching, and distressing, generally originating at once, (K, TA,) but sometimes gradually, (TA,) and becoming [ more ] severe by night in consequence of a hot vapour breaking forth at once upon the body: (K, TA:) thus in the “ Kánoon ” of Ibn-Seenà [or Avicenna]. (TA.) -A4- ذُو الشَّرَى A certain idol of [ the tribe of ] Dows (دَوْس), (K, TA,) in the Saráh (السَّرَاة): so says Nasr. (TA.)