سير

سَيْرٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, M, A, &c.) [Used as a simple subst., A going, in any manner, or any pace; passage, march, journey, progress, or course: a pace: pace as meaning degree of celerity, or rate of going: departure: see also سِيرَةٌ.] -A2- Also A thong, or strap, or strip of skin or leather; (S, Msb, K;) i. q. شِرَاكٌ: (M:) pl. [of mult.] سُيُورٌ (S, M, A, Msb) and سُيُورَةٌ and [pl. of pauc.] أَسْيَارٌ. (M.) It is said in a prov., قُدَّتْ سُيُورُهُ مِنْ أَدِيمِكَ [ His thongs have been cut from thy hide ]: applied to two things exactly resembling each other. (AHeyth, Meyd.) And لَيْسَ فِى العَصَا سَيْرٌ is a post-classical prov., (Meyd,) meaning There is not in the staff, or stick, a thong: the سير in this case being the thong that is inserted into the perforation of the head of the staff, or stick, and whereof a ring is tied, into which the hand is put: the prov. is applied to him who is unable to perform that which he desires to do. (Har p. 232.)