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صرع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 صرّعهُ ذ , [inf. n. تَصْرِيعٌ,] He threw him down or prostrated him, on the ground, vehemently; namely, a man. (K.) -A2- صرّع البَابَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He made the door-way to have what are termed مِصْرَاعَانِ [i. e. a pair of folding doors ]; as also ↓ صَرَعَهُ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] صرّع الشِّعْرَ (tropical:) He made the poetry to have what are termed مِصْرَاعَانِ; as also ↓ صَرَعَهُ: (K, TA:) or التَّصْرِيعُ فِى الشِّعْرِ, (S,) or تَصْرِيعُ البَيْتِ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ, (TA,) is the making the first مِصْرَاع [meaning hemistich ] to rhyme [ like the second ]; (S;) [i. e.] the making the last foot of the first hemistich like the last of the second [ in rhyme ]: (TA:) derived from the مِصْرَاع of the door-way. (S, TA.)

Derived headwords

صرّعهُverb
  1. 1.
صرّع البَابَ
صرّع الشِّعْرَ
التَّصْرِيعُ فِى الشِّعْرِ
تَصْرِيعُ البَيْتِ مِنَ