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سر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سُرَّةٌ ذ The navel; i. e. the place from which the navel-string (سُرّ) has been cut off; (S;) the small cavity, or hollow, of the belly, (M, TA,) in the middle thereof; (TA;) what remains of the سِرَر: (M:) [see سُرٌّ:] pl. سُرَرٌ [in the CK erroneously سِرَرٌ] and سُرَّاتٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سُرَّةُ الفَرَسِ (assumed tropical:) [ The navel of the horse, ] the star, of Pegasus, that is in the head of Andromeda. (Kzw.) ― -b3- [Hence likewise] سُرَّةٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A perforation in the middle of a jar such as is termed مُزَمَّلَة [q. v.], in which is fixed a tube of silver or lead, whence one drinks. (Har p. 548.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) The place where the water rests, in the furthest part, of a watering-trough, or tank. (K, TA.) ― -b5- See also سِرٌّ, in two places, in the latter part of the paragraph.

Derived headwords

سُرَّةٌ
  1. 1.
سُرَّةُ الفَرَسِ