سرو

5 تسرّى ذ signifies تَكَلَّفَ السَّرْوَ, (S, K, * TA,) i. e. [ He affected, or constrained himself, to possess liberality and manliness, &c., (see 1, first sentence,) or] high or elevated rank or condition, nobility, dignity, honour, or glory, and manliness, or manly virtue: (TA:) or it signifies أَخَذَ سُرِّيَّةً [ he took a concubine-slave ]: (K:) or -A2- one says also, تسرّى الجَارِيَةَ [ He took the girl, or young woman, as a concubine-slave ], from السُّرِّيَّةُ; said by Yaakoob to be originally تَسَرَّرَ, [which see in art. سر,] from السُّرُورُ. (S.) ― -b2- And تسرّاهُ signifies ↓ أَخَذَ أَسْرَاهُ [i. e. He took the best thereof ]. (M, TA. [See also 8.])