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سرء
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 سَرَأَتْ ذ , (S, K,) aor. سَرَاَ , inf. n. سَرْءٌ; (S, TA;) and ↓ سرّأت, inf. n. تَسْرِئَةٌ; (K;) said of the female locust, (S, K,) and of the female of the [lizard called] ضَبّ, (TA,) [and of a fish, and the like, (see سَرْءٌ,)] She laid eggs: (S, K, TA:) and سَرَتْ, inf. n. سَرْوٌ, is a dial. var. thereof. (TA in art. سرو.) [And accord. to El-Kanánee, as cited in the TA, it seems that one says also, of locusts (جَرَاد), سَرَأَ البَيْضَ and سَرَأَ بِهِ.] ― -b2- Also, each of these two verbs, (K,) the former mentioned by IDrd, and ↓ the latter by Fr, (TA,) said of a woman, She bore many children. (K.)
Derived headwords
سَرَأَتْverb
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سَرَأَ البَيْضَ
سَرَأَ بِهِ