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سر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَرِيرٌ ذ [ A couch-frame; a bedstead: a raised couch, or couch upon a frame: a throne: ] a thing upon which one lies; syn. مُضْطَجَعٌ: (M, K:) or a thing upon which one sits: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَسِرَّةٌ and [of mult.] سُرُرٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) and some, for the latter, say سُرَرٌ, as more easy of pronunciation, (S, Msb,) and make the same change in other similar pls., (S,) and he who says صِيْدٌ [for صُيُدٌ, pl. of صَيُودٌ,] says سُرٌّ for سُرُرٌ. (Sb, M.) It is said to be derived from سُرُورٌ, because it generally belongs to persons of ease and affluence and of authority, and to kings. (MF.) ― -b2- Hence, and as an appellation of good omen, (Er-Rághib,) A bier, before the corpse is carried upon it: (K:) when the corpse is carried upon it, it is called [نِعْشٌ and] جَِنَازَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] سَرِيرُ بَنَاتِ نَعْشٍ (assumed tropical:) [ The bier of BenátNaash; ] the seven stars that are upon the neck and breast and two knees of the Greater Bear, resembling a semicircle; [app. τ , η , υ , ø, θ , e, and f; (as in Freytag's Lex.;)] also called الحَوْضُ. (Kzw.) ― -b4- [Hence likewise] سَرِيرٌ also signifies (tropical:) Dominion, sovereignty, rule, or authority: and ease, comfort, or affluence: (S, * K: [in some copies of each of which, we find النِّعْمَةُ in the place of النَّعْمَةُ:]) and settled means of subsistence. (M, TA.) You say, زَالَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ (tropical:) He ceased to enjoy authority, or power, and ease, comfort, or affluence. (A.) [See also an ex. in a verse cited in art. دغفل.] ― -b5- And (tropical:) The part where the head rests upon the neck: (S, M, K, TA:) pl. أَسِرَّةٌ and سَرَائِرُ. (TA.) -A2- See also سِرَرٌ, in two places: -A3- and مَسَرَّةٌ.

Derived headwords

سَرِيرٌ
  1. 1.
سَرِيرُ بَنَاتِ نَعْشٍ
زَالَ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ