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صرى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صَرَاآءٌ ذ Colocynths (S, M, K, in the CK [erroneously] صِراءٌ [expressly said in the TA to be with fet-h and medd,]) when they become yellow; (S, M;) as also صَرَايَاتٌ: (so in one of my copies of the S [in which it is shown to be correct by an ex. in a verse of Suleyk there cited: in the M and TA صَرَايَا, which I think a mistranscription]: in the other of my copies of the S omitted:) one thereof is termed ↓ صَرَايَةٌ. (S, M, K. *) [In the M and K, صَرَاآءٌ is termed pl. of صَرَايَةٌ; but it is properly speaking a coll. gen. n., originally صَرَاىٌ.] ― -b2- ↓ صَرَايَةٌ also signifies The water in which colocynths have been steeped. (M, K.)

Derived headwords

صَرَاآءٌ
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