صرع

صِرْعٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1. (S, K.) -A2- And i. q. مُصَارِعٌ. (K.) See the latter in two places. -A3- See also صَرْعٌ, former half. ― -b2- [Also Either of two opposite conditions in which one is or stands &c. in respect of an affair or case.] One says, طَلَبْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ حَاجَةً فَا@نْصَرَفْتُ وَمَا أَدْرِى عَلَى أَىِّ صِرْعَىْ أَمْرِهِ هُوَ [ I sought, or demanded, of such a one, an object of want, and then turned away, and I know not in which of the two opposite conditions he was in respect of his affair, or case ]; i. e., his affair, or case, did not become apparent, or clear, or known, to me. (S, O, K. *) And a poet says, فَرُحْتُ وَمَا وَدَّعْتُ لَيْلَى وَمَا دَرَتْ عَلَى أَىِّ صِرْعَىْ أَمْرِهَا أَتَرَوَّحُ [ And I went, and bade not farewell to Leylà, and she knew not in which of the two opposite conditions in respect of her affair, or case, I was going ]; i. e., whether I went from her presence retaining attachment, or forsaking; (S, TA;) or, as Z says, in a condition of success or of disappointment. (TA.) ― -b3- See also صَرْعٌ, in the middle of the paragraph. ― -b4- Also A like; a similar person or thing; and so ↓ صَرْعٌ. (O, K.) One says, هُمَا صِرْعَانِ (S, O) and ↓ صَرْعَانِ (O) They two are likes: (S, O:) and so شِرْعَانِ, &c. (S.) And هٰذَا صِرْعُهُ and ↓ صَرْعُهُ This is the like of him, or it: and so ضِرْعُهُ and ضَرْعُهُ, &c. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- And A strand of a rope: (O, K:) and so ضِرْعٌ: (O:) pl. صُرُوعٌ (O, K) and ضُرُوعٌ. (O.)