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صر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الصَّرَّارُ ذ , (Msb,) or صَرَّارُ اللَّيْلِ, (S, K,) or both, (Mgh in art. خطب,) and ↓ الصَّرْصَرُ, (M and L in art. جد,) The جُدْجُد; [ a cricket, which is called the صَرَّار in the present day]; (S, M, Mgh, L;) a certain thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ); (Msb;) a small flying thing; (K;) it is larger than the جُنْدَب, and is called by some of the Arabs الصَّدَى: (S, Mgh:) A 'Obeyd says that this last term signifies a certain flying thing that creaks (يَصِرُّ) by night, and hops, and flies, thought by the [common] people to be the جُنْدَب, and found in the deserts. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

الصَّرَّارُ
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صَرَّارُ اللَّيْلِ