سرى

سَرْيَةٌ ذ and ↓ سُرْيَةٌ are inf. ns. of سَرَى: (M, K:) or have a more special signification than the inf. n. of that verb, which is سَرْىٌ: one says, سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ and ↓ سُرْيَةً [ We journeyed by night a journey of the night ]: and the pl. of ↓ سُرْيَةٌ is [said to be] سُرًى: (Msb:) or one says, سَرَيْنَا سَرْيَةً وَاحِدَةً [ We journeyed by night a single night-journey ]: and the subst. [signifying a journeying, or travelling, by night, or in the night, ] is ↓ سُرْيَةٌ, and سُرًى. (S, TA.)