Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

سِرْحَانٌ ذ , of the measure فِعْلَانٌ, the ن being an augmentative letter, (Sb, S,) from the verb سَرَحَ, (TA,) The wolf; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also سِرْحَالٌ; (Yaakoob, K;) fem. سِرْحَانَةٌ (Ks, S) and سِرْحَالَهٌ; (TA;) and the lion, (S, O, Msb, K,) in the dial. of Hudheyl: (S, O:) pl. سَرَاحِينُ (S, A, O, Msb, K) and سَرَاحٍ and سِرَاحٌ, (O, L, K,) but the last not remembered to have been heard by Az. (L.) It is said in a prov., سَقَطَ العَشَاآءُ بِهِ عَلَى سِرْحَانِ [ The evening-meal, or supper, (i. e. the seeking for it,) made him to fall, or light, upon a wolf ]: (S, Meyd:) accord. to A'Obeyd, it originated from a man's going forth to seek the eveningmeal, and falling upon a wolf, which devoured him: accord. to As, from the like accident to a beast: accord. to IAar, from a man's being slain by another man, named سِرْحَان: it is applied to the seeking an object of want that leads one to destruction. (Meyd. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 599: but the name there written “ Hasahah ” is هُزْلَة; accord. to Meyd, the father, but accord. to the O, the brother, of Sirhán.]) ― -b2- Hence, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e. from السِّرْحَانُ as meaning “ the wolf, ” or, as some say, “ the lion, ” (TA,) ذَنَبُ السِّرْحَانِ The false dawn; (Mgh, O, K, TA;) i. e. the first [ dawn ]. (TA. [A term nearly agreeing with the Greek λυκόφως ]) ― -b3- السِّرْحَانُ, (O, K,) or سِرْحَانٌ, (TA,) is also the name of A certain dog: and of a certain horse: and of another horse. (O, K.) -A2- Also The middle of a wateringtrough or tank: (O, K:) pl. as above. (K.)

سَرَاحٌ ذ a subst. from تَسْرِيحُ المَرْأَةِ; (S, Msb, K;) [i. e., a subst.] signifying The dismissal of a wife by divorcement: (Bd in xxxiii. 28 [where it is used as a quasi-inf. n., as it is also in verse 48 of the same chap.]:) like طَلَاقٌ and فِرَاقٌ, it signifies divorcement explicitly. (L.) ― -b2- [And Dismissal in a general sense. Hence,] it is said in a prov., السَّرَاحُ مِنَ النَّجَاحِ (tropical:) [i. e. Dismissal is a part of the accomplishment of one's want ]; (S, A, L;) meaning, when thou canst not accomplish a man's want, make him to despair; for thy doing so will be in his estimation an act that will stand him in lieu of thy helping him to accomplish it: (S, L: [in some copies of the former, for فَأَيْئِسْهُ, we find فَاآيَسْتَهُ:]) or it is applied to a man who does not desire to accomplish the want [of another]; and means, it behooves thee to make him to despair if thou accomplish not his want. (Meyd. [See a similar prov. voce شَرَاحٌ.]) ― -b3- Also Haste, ex- pedition, or promptness. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) Ease: so in the saying, اِفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فِى سَرَاحٍ وَرَوَاحٍ (TA) i. e. (tropical:) Do thou that in a state of ease (S and A and K in art. روح) and rest. (A in that art.) -A2- سَرَاحِ [indecl.] like قَطَامِ, [app. as meaning The quick, or quick and easy in pace, like السُّرُحُ,] the name of a certain horse. (K.)

سَرُوحٌ ذ : see سُرُحٌ.

سَرِيحٌ ذ : see سُرُحٌ. ― -b2- أَمْرٌ سَرِيحٌ An affair done quickly, expeditiously, or promptly; (TA;) in which is no deferring. (A.) You say also, لَا يَكُونُ ذٰلِكَ اـِلَّا فِى سَرِيحٍ That will not be save with quickness, expedition, or promptness. (TA.) And اـِنَّ خَيْرَكَ لَفِى سَرِيحٍ and انّ خيرك لَسَرِيحٌ, Verily thy bounty is quick, expeditious, or prompt. (TA.) ― -b3- فَرَسٌ سَرِيحٌ A horse without a saddle. (S, K.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, in five places.

سَرِيحَةٌ ذ A thong with which one sews soles or sandals or the like: (S, O, K:) pl. سَرَائِحُ (S, O, K *) and سُرُحٌ (TA) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَرِيحٌ: (S, TA:) or, as some say, the thong wherewith is fastened, or tied, the خَدَمَة which is a [ thick plaited ] thong that is fastened upon the pastern [ of a camel, encircling it like a ring, for the attachment of a leathern shoe, or sandal ]: (TA:) the pl. سُرُحٌ is also expl. as signifying the نِعَال [or leathern shoes, or sandals, ] of camels: or, as some say, the thongs, or straps, of their نِعَال; each thong, or strap, being called سَرِيحَةٌ: (L, TA:) Suh says, in the R, that ↓ سَرِيحٌ signifies a kind of thing like the نَعْل with which camels' feet are clad. (TA.) The سَرَائِخ of an arrow are The sinews that are wound around it; sing. سَرِيحَةٌ: and also certain marks upon it, like those of fire. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A piece of a garment (K, TA) that has been much torn: (TA:) pl. سَرَائِحُ (K, TA) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَرِيحٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- And A conspicuous elongated strip of ground, (O, K,) even, (O,) narrow, and having more trees, or shrubs, (O, K,) or, as Az says, having more plants, or herbage, and trees, or shrubs, (TA,) than what is around it, (O, K, TA,) and rising above what surrounds it; (TA;) so that one sees it to be oblong, abounding with trees, or shrubs, what is around it having few trees, or shrubs: and sometimes it is what is termed عَقَبَةٌ [app. as meaning a long mountain lying across the way, and over which one passes ]: (O, TA:) pl. سَرَائِحُ (O, K, * TA) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَرِيحٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- And An oblong, or enlongated, tract of blood, (K, TA,) when flowing: (TA:) pl. سَرَائِحُ (K, * TA) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَرِيحٌ. (TA.)

سِرْيَاحٌ ذ : see سُرُحٌ. ― -b2- Also Tall; (S, K;) as an epithet applied to a man. (TA.) -A2- And Locusts, or the locust. (S, O, K, TA. [In the CK, and in my MS. copy of the K, الجَوادُ is erroneously put for الجَرَادُ.]) And أُمُّ سِرْيَاحٍ The female locust: (Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, IB.) and the name of A certain woman, (S, K,) in one instance only. (Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, IB.) ― -b2- السِّرْيَاحُ, (K,) or سِرْيَاحٌ, (O,) is the name of A certain dog. (O, K.)

سَرَّاحٌ ذ [probably meaning Quick, or quick and easy in pace, like سُرُحٌ,] the name of a horse of El-Mohallak Ibn-Hantam. (O, K.)

سَارِحٌ ذ and سَارِحَةٌ: see سَرْحٌ, second sentence, in three places. مَا لَهُ سَارِحَةٌ وَلَا رَائِحَةٌ [lit. He has not any camels, &c., that go away to pasture, nor any that return from pasture, ] means (assumed tropical:) he has not anything: (S, TA:) and sometimes it means (assumed tropical:) he has not any people, or party. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- سَيْلٌ سَارِحٌ A torrent running, or flowing, easily. (Aboo-Sa'eed, A, TA.) -A2- سَارِحٌ is also used as a subst., signifying A pastor who sends forth, or sets free, camels, or cattle, to pasture, or to pasture where they please, by themselves, or who sends them forth in the morning to the pasturage: and a people, or party, having camels, or cattle, pasturing, or pasturing where they please, by themselves, or sent forth in the morning to the pasturage. (TA.)

مَسْرَحٌ ذ A place of pasturage: (K:) or a place into which beasts are sent forth, or sent forth in the morning, to pasture: (O:) pl. مَسَارِحُ. (TA.) لَهُ اـِبِلٌ قَلِيلَاتُ المَسَارِحِ occurs in a trad., of UmmZara, meaning [ He has camels whose places of pasturage are few; i. e.] his camels do not go forth into distant pasturage, but lie down in his outer court, or yard, in order that they may be near by to supply the guests with their milk and their flesh. (TA.)

مِسْرَحٌ ذ A comb. (O, K.) ― -b2- And [the dual] مِسْرَحَانِ Two wooden things, or two pieces of wood, [ composing a yoke, ] that are bound upon the neck of the bull with which one ploughs. (AHn, TA.)

مِسْرَحَةٌ ذ An instrument with which hair and flax or the like are separated and combed. (TA.)

مَسْرُوحٌ ذ The سَرَاب [or mirage ]: (K: [in some copies of which, الشَّرَابُ is put in the place of السَّرَابُ:]) mentioned on the authority of Th; but he was not sure of its correctness: (TA:) a dial. var. of مَشْرُوحٌ in this sense. (TA in art. شرح.)

مُنْسَرِحٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see سُرُحٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also the former, (K, TA,) applied to a man, (TA,) Lying upon his back, or lying as though thrown down or extended, and parting his legs. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And Denuded, or divested, of his clothes; or making himself to be so: or having few clothes; lightly clad: (TA:) or coming, or going, forth from his clothes; (S, O, K;) or so مُنْسَرِحٌ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ. (A.) [Hence,] one says, هُوَ مُنْسَرِحٌ مِنْ أَثْوَابِ الكَرَمِ (tropical:) He is divested, or divesting himself, of the apparel of generosity. (A.) ― -b4- And [applied to a camel as meaning] Divested of his وَبَر [i. e. fur, or soft hair ]. (TA.) ― -b5- المُنْسَرِحُ is also the name of A kind of verse; (S, O, K;) [namely, the tenth; ] the [ full ] measure of which is مُسْتَفْعِلُنْ مَفْعُولَاتُ مُسْتَفْعِلُنْ twice. (O.)

سُرْحُوبٌ ذ , applied to a mare, Long-bodied; (S, K; *) [said to be] applied only to a female: (S:) or, as some say, a mare that moves the fore legs quickly in running: and a horse of generous race, or excellent, and light, or active: said by Az to be mostly applied to the horse-kind, but restricted by some to the female. (TA.) And A she-camel swift, and long [ in the body ]. (TA.) It is also applied to a man, (K,) meaning Tall, and beautiful in body: and with ة, to a woman: but not known to the Kilábees as applied to a human being. (TA.) ― -b2- السُّرْحُوبُ The jackal; syn. اِبْنُ اآوَى. (K.) ― -b3- And A certain blind devil, dwelling in the sea. (K.) -A2- سُرْحُوبْ سُرْحُوبْ, (K, TA,) with the ب quiescent, (TA,) [in the CK with بُ,] A cry by which the ewe is called on the occasion of milking. (K.)

سِرْحَالٌ ذ ; fem with ة: see سِرْحَانٌ, in art. سرح.

1 سَرVدَ سَرَدَ, aor. سَرُدَ , inf. n. سَرْدٌ, He carried on a thing, or put it forward from one stage to another, in regular order, consecutively, or one part immediately after another, uninterruptedly; he made it consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like: (M, L:) [and so ↓ سرّد, inf. n. تَسْرِيدٌ; or this may have an intensive signification.] ― -b2- You say, سَرَدَ الدِّرْعَ, (A,) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He fabricated the coat of mail (S, A, K) by inserting the rings one into another: (S, A:) [and so (as appears from an explanation of its pass. part. n.) ↓ سرّدها; or this may have an intensive signification:] and زَرَدَهَا signifies the same. (K in art. زرد.) [See also سَرْدٌ below.] ― -b3- And سَرَدَ الشَّىْءَ (M,) inf. n. as above; (M, K;) and ↓ سرّدهُ, (M,) inf. n. تَسْرِيدٌ; (K;) and ↓ اسردهُ, (M,) inf. n. اـِسْرَادٌ; (TA;) He perforated the thing [as one does in fabricating a coat of mail, (see, again, سَرْدٌ, below,) and in sewing leather]: (M, K:) some say that سَرْدٌ signifies the act of perforating. (S.) ― -b4- And سَرَدَ النَّعْلَ وَغَيْرَهَا, [inf. n. as above and سِرَادٌ,] He sewed the sandal &c.; (A;) [as also ↓ سرّد, for] سَرْدٌ (S, K) and سِرَادٌ (K.;) and ↓ تَسْرِيدٌ (S, K) signify the sewing of leather. (S, K.) ― -b5- And سَرَدَ خُفَّ البَعِيرِ, inf. n. سَرْدٌ, i. q. خَصَفَهُ بِالقِدِّ [app. meaning He covered the camel's foot with thongs interwoven ]. (M.) ― -b6- And سَرَدَ الحَدِيثَ (M, A, Msb) وَنَحْوَهُ, (M,) aor. سَرُدَ , (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. سَرْدٌ; (S, M, Msb, K;) and ↓ سرّدهُ; (TA;) (tropical:) He carried on, or continued, uninterruptedly, (S, * M, A, Msb, K, *) and well, (S, K,) the narrative, or tradition, or discourse, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) and the like; (M;) and in like manner,القِرَاآءَةَ the recitation, or reading: (A:) from سَرَدَ الدِّرْعَ and النِّعَالَ [or النَّعْلَ, expl. above]: (Har p. 307:) and سَرَدَ القُرْاآنَ He carried on, or continued, uninterruptedly and with rapidity the recitation, or reading, of the Kur-án. (M, L.) And سَرَدَ الصَّوْمَ (Sudot;, K *) or الصِّيَامَ, (TA,) and صَوْمَهُ, aor. سَرُدَ , inf. n. سَرْدٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) He continued uninterruptedly the fast, (S, K,) and his fast. (K. [See also what next follows.]) -A2- سَرِدَ, aor. سَرَدَ , (K,) inf. n. سَرَدٌ, (TK,) He (a man, TA) fasted uninterruptedly. (K.)

2 سَرَّدَ see the preceding paragraph, in six places.

4 أَسْرَدَ see 1. -A2- اسرد النَّخْلُ The palm-trees had hard green dates, which are termed سَرَاد. (K.)

5 تسرّد الدُّرُّ ذ (tropical:) The pearls, or large pearls, followed one another, or did so uninterruptedly, upon the string. (A.) And تسرّد دَمْعُهُ كَمَا يَتَسَرَّدُ اللُّؤْلُؤُ (tropical:) His tears followed one another, or did so uninterruptedly, like as do pearls. (A.) And تسرّد الحَدِيثُ, and, القِرَاآءَةُ, (tropical:) The narrative, or tradition, and the recitation, or reading, was carried on, or continued, uninterruptedly [ and well: see 1]. (A.)

Q. Q. 3 اِسْرَنْدَاهُ ذ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. اِسْرِنْدَاآءٌ, (S,) It (a thing, M) prevailed against him, or overcame him; (S, * M, K; *) like اِغْرَنْدَاهُ: (S, * K:) these two are said to be the only verbs of this measure: (TA:) [but several others should be added; as اِعْلَنْدَى and اِكْلَنْدَى and اِغْلَنْتَى:] the ى in اسرندى [and the like] is to render it quasi-coordinate to [quadriliteral-radical verbs of the measure] اِفْعَنْلَلَ. (S.) A rájiz says, قَدْ جَعَلَ النُّعَاسُ يَغْرَنْدِينِى أَطْرُدُهُ عَنِّى وَيَسْرَنْدِينِى [ Drowsiness was beginning to prevail against me; I driving it from me, and it overcoming me ]. (S, M; but in the latter, with أَدْفَعُهُ in the place of أَطْرُدُهُ.)

سَرْدٌ ذ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, M, &c.) [Hence,] وَقَدِّرْ فِى ا@لسَّرْدِ, in the Kur xxxiv. 10, means And do thou make a due adaptation of the rings in the fabrication of the coats of mail: (Bd, Jel:) or and do thou properly adapt the nails, or pins, and the holes of the rings, [ in the fabrication, ] not making the former thick and the latter small, nor the reverse: (M, Bd, * L:) or السَّرْد means السَّمْر [i. e. the nailing, or the making firm, or fast, with nails ], (Zj, M, L,) in this instance. (Zj, L.) -A2- Also (assumed tropical:) Coats of mail; (S, M, L, K;) a gen. n. in this sense: (S, K:) [and a single coat of mail; like زَرْدٌ and زَرَدٌ:] and (tropical:) any other حَلَق [properly signifying rings, but here meaning mail ]; (S, A, K;) [i. e.] it signifies also the like of coats of mail, made of حَلَق: (M, L:) [said to be] so called because the two extremities of each ring are perforated by the nail, or pin; and these rings are [termed] ↓ المُسْرَدُ: (L:) [if so, the word is an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n.,] see مَسْرُودٌ, [and then as a subst.; and, being originally an inf. n., it is used alike as sing. and pl.; or, as Z says,] it is an inf. n. used as a subst.: (A:) or السَّرْدُ, as some say, means السَّمْرُ, [as mentioned above,] and ↓ السَّرَدُ means الحَلَقُ [like الزَّرَدُ]. (M.) -A3- Also (tropical:) Consecutive, or following one another: so in the phrase نُجُومٌ سَرْدٌ (tropical:) [ Stars that are consecutive: the epithet retaining the masc. sing. form, though applied to a pl. subst., because originally an inf. n.; like عَدْلٌ in the phrase رِجَالٌ عَدْلٌ]. (A.) So too as an epithet applied to three of the sacred months, in the saying, ثَلَاثَةٌ سَرْدٌ وَوَاحِدٌ فَرْدٌ [ Three are consecutive and one is separate ]: (A:) thus an Arab of the desert answered when asked if he knew the sacred months: (S, M, Msb:) the سرد are Dhu-l-Kaadeh and Dhu-l-Hijjeh and El-Moharram, and the فرد is Rejeb. (S, M.)

سَرَدٌ ذ : see السَّرَدُ in the next preceding paragraph.

سَرَادٌ ذ Hard green dates: (K:) and dates that are injured by want of water, (K, TA,) and consequently dry up before ripening: (TA:) or unripe dates that drop before attaining to maturity, while green: n. un. with ة: (AHn, M, TA:) or the latter signifies a date that becomes sweet before it becomes coloured, being such as is termed a بَلَحَة. (M, TA.) [See بُسْرٌ.] -A2- See also مِسْرَدٌ. -A3- [سَرَادٌ and سُرُودٌ said by Golius, and by Freytag after him, to signify the same as the “ Pers. رَمِيدَنْ Pavidum fugacemque esse, ” as on the authority of the KL, are mistranscriptions for شِرَادٌ and شُرُودٌ, which I find thus expl. in the KL.]

سِرَادٌ ذ : see مِسْرَدٌ

سَرِيدٌ ذ : see مِسْرَدٌ in two places.

سِرَادَةٌ ذ The art of fabricating coats of mail; as also زِرَادَةٌ. (TA in art. زرد.)

سَرَّادٌ ذ A fabricator of coats of mail; (TA in art. زرد;) i. q. زَرَّادٌ. (M and TA in art. زرد.) ― -b2- And A sewer of leather; (TA;) as also ↓ سَارِدٌ. (AA, L, TA.)

سَرْمَدٌ ذ : and سَرْمَدِىٌّ: see art. سرمد.

سَرَنْدًى ذ Strong: (S, M, K:) or bold, daring, brave, or courageous: (M:) and quick in his affairs: (K:) or a man who goes on, or advances, boldly; derived from السَّرْدُ: (Sb, TA:) [accord. to Sb, therefore, this is its proper art; but accord. to the K, its proper art. is سرند, in which F mentions it again: it is perfectly decl., i. e., with tenween, for] the fem, is سَرَنْدَاةٌ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- Also A sword that penetrates the thing that it strikes. (L.)

سَارِدٌ ذ : see سَرَّادٌ.

المُسْرَدُ ذ : see سَرْدٌ.

مِسْرَدٌ ذ (S, M, A, L, Msb) and ↓ سِرَادٌ (S, M, A, L) An instrument for perforating: (M, L, Msb:) and, (M,) or as some say, (Msb,) an instrument with which leather is sewed; (S;) syn. مِخْرَزٌ; (M, L, Msb;) or اـِشْفًى; which is [said to be] the same thing as the مِخْرَز; (L;) as also ↓ سَرِيدٌ: (K:) or an [ instrument of the kind called ] اـِشْفًى that has a hole at its extremity; (A;) and so ↓ سَرِيدٌ and ↓ سَرَادٌ. (TA: [but the last I think a mistake for سِرَاد.]) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, هُوَ ا@بْنُ مِسْرَدٍ, (K,) or هُوَ ا@بْنُ أُمِّ مِسْرَدٍ, (A,) (tropical:) He is the son of a female slave: (A, K:) because she is a sewer of skins, or leather: (A:) an expression of vituperation. (K.) ― -b3- [Hence, likewise,] مِسْرَدٌ also signifies (tropical:) The tongue. (M, A.) So in the saying, فُلَانٌ يَخْرِقُ الأَعْرَاضَ بِمِسْرَدِهِ (tropical:) [ Such a one wounds reputations with his tongue ]. (A.) -A2- Also A sandal having its لِسَان [or tongue, i. e. the thing projecting in its fore part, ] faced with another piece sewed on. (M, L.)

مُسَرَّدٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see the next paragraph, in three places.

خَرْزٌ مَسْرُودٌ ذ and ↓ مُسَرَّدٌ [app. A sewing of leather or skin carried on in regular and uninterrupted order ]. (S. [In one of my copies of the S, I find خَرَز in the place of خَرْز; and so in the L; but the latter appears from the context to be the right reading.]) ― -b2- And likewise دِرْعٌ مَسْرُودَةٌ and ↓ مُسَرَّدَةٌ, (S,) or دِرْعٌ مَسْرُودٌ, and ↓ لَبُوسٌ مُسَرَّدٌ, [though دِرْعٌ and لَبُوسٌ are both generally fem.,] and ↓ لَأْمَةٌ سَرْدٌ, [in which the epithet retains the masc. form because originally an inf. n., like عَدْلٌ in the phrase اِمْرَأَةٌ عَدْلٌ,] A coat of mail fabricated by inserting the rings one into another. (A.) And مَسْرُودَةٌ signifies A coat of mail (دِرْعٌ) perforated [in its rings]. (S.)

لُؤْلُؤٌ مُتَسَرِّدٌ ذ (tropical:) Pearls following one another, or doing so uninterruptedly. (A.) And مَاشٍ مُتَسَرِّدٌ (tropical:) One walking, or going, with consecutive, or uninterrupted, steps. (A.)

مُسْرَنْدٍ ذ [A thing] that overcomes one. (S.)

سِرْدَابٌ ذ , an arabicized word, (K,) from [the Pers.] سَرْدٌ [i. e. “ cold ”] and اآبْ [“ water ”], (TA,) A subterranean structure, for the summer: (El-Ahmar, K:) or a narrow place into which one enters: (Msb:) [applied in the present day to a cellar, or subterranean vault, in which anything is put to be kept cool: ] pl. سَرَادِبُ (Msb) [or سَرَادِيبُ].

السِّرْدَابِيَّةُ ذ A people of those who compose the extravagant zealots of the [ sect called ] رَافِضَة [q. v.], who expect El-Mahdee's coming forth from the سِرْدَاب that is in Rei, wherefore they bring a saddled and bridled horse every Friday, after the prayer [ of the congregations at noon ], saying, “ O Imám: in the name of God: ” three times. (TA.)

سُرَادِقٌ ذ , said by El-Jawáleekee to be an arabicized word from [the Pers.] سَرَادَرْ or سَرَاطَاقْ, (MF,) An awning extended over the interior court of a house: (S, O, Msb, K:) [and the cover of a tent: ] and any tent of cotton: (S, O, K, and mentioned in the Msb as on the authority of J:) or a [ tent of the kind called ] فُسْطَاط; (Bd in xviii. 28;) so says AO: (Msb:) also (Msb) an enclosure around a خَيْمَة [or tent ], consisting of pieces of cloth, without a roof: (Mgh, Msb:) or an enclosure (حُجْرَة) around a فُسْطَاط: (Ksh and Bd ubi suprá:) or what surrounds the [ tent called ] خَيْمَة and the [ tent called ] قُبَّة: (Ham p. 772:) or any wall or enclosure, or [ tent such as is called ] مِضْرَب or [ such as is called ] خِبَاآء that surrounds a thing: (IAth, TA:) pl. سُرَادِقَاتٌ: (S O, K:) it has this pl., though it is masc., because. it has no broken pl. (Sb, TA.) ElKedhdháb El-Hirmázee says, not Ru-beh as in the “ Book ” of Sb [and in the S], addressing Hakam Ibn-El-Mundhir Ibn-El-Járood, سُرَادِقُ المَجْدِ عَلَيْكَ مَمْدُودْ (assumed tropical:) [ The canopy of glory is extended over thee ]. (O, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Dust rising; or spreading, or diffusing itself. (Az, O, K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Smoke rising high, and surrounding a thing. (Az, O, K.) ― -b4- In the Kur xviii. 28, it is applied to what will surround the unbelievers, of the fire of Hell, (Ksh, Bd,) as being likened to a فُسْطَاط, (Bd,) or to an enclosure around a فسطاط; or as meaning the smoke of the fire; or a wall thereof. (Ksh, Bd.)

بَيْتٌ مُسَرْدَقٌ ذ (Lth, S, &c.) [ A house, or tent, ] having a سُرَادِق: (Ksh in xviii. 28, and PS:) or having the whole of its upper part, and of its lower part, مَشْدُود [accord. to the TK here meaning curtained, which seems to be the only apposite rendering, but I know not any authority for it], (Lth, JK, O, K, TA,) or مَسْدُود [i. e. closed, &c.]. (So in the CK.)

1 سَرِطَهُ ذ , aor. سَرَطَ , inf. n. سَرَطٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and سَرَطَانٌ; (M, K;) and سَرَطَهُ; (Sgh, K;) but the former is the more chaste, and is the form commonly known, and the latter is by some disallowed; (TA;) He swallowed it: (S, M, Msb, K:) or, as in some of the copies of the S, without chewing: or, accord. to the A, by little and little: (TA:) and ↓ استرطهُ signifies the same; (S, M, Msb, K;) and so ↓ تسرّطهُ: (As, K:) and in like manner, زَرِدَهُ and ازدردهُ (TA) [and تزرّدهُ]. It is said in a prov., لَا تَكُنْ حُلْوًا فَتُسْرَطَ وَلَا مُرًّا فَتُعْقَى Be not thou sweet, so that thou shouldest be swallowed; nor bitter, so that thou shouldest be put out of the mouth because of thy bitterness: (S, TA:) or, accord. to one relation, فَتُعْقِىَ, i. e., so that thou shouldest be disliked for being very bitter: used in enjoining the taking of a middle course of conduct: so in the O. (TA.)

4 أَسْرَطْتُهُ ذِرَاعِى ذ I put my fore arm upon his throat [ from behind him ], to strangle him, or throttle him. (TA in art. ذرع.)

5 تَسَرَّطَ see 1.

7 انسرط فِى حَلْقِهِ ذ It (a thing, M) passed easily in his throat. (M, K.)

8 اـِسْتَرَطَ see 1.

Q. Q. 1 سَرْطَمَ ذ : see art. سرطم.

سُرَطٌ ذ A man that swallows quickly; (Ibn- 'Abbád, O;) as also ↓ سُرَطَةٌ (Ibn-'Abbád, O) and ↓ سُرَطْرِطٌ: (O:) or ↓ سَرَطْرَطٌ (so accord. to the TA) and ↓ مِسْرَطٌ and ↓ سَرَّاطٌ a man that eats quickly: (TA:) or the first, and ↓ سَرَطَانٌ and ↓ سِرْطِيطٌ, (M, K,) a man (M) that swallows well, (M,) or largely. (K.) [See also سُرَاطِىٌّ.] ― -b2- Also, and ↓ سَرَطَانٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) A horse (M, TA) that runs vehemently. (M, * K, TA.) [See again سُرَاطِىٌّ.]

سُرَطَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

سِرْطِمٌ ذ and سَرْطَمٌ: see سُرَاطِىٌّ, in three places. ― -b2- Hence, (M,) the former also signifies (assumed tropical:) An eloquent speaker; (M, K;) as also ↓ سَرَطَانٌ. (TA.) [See also art. سرطم.]

سَرَطَانٌ ذ : see سُرَطٌ, in two places: and سُرَّيْطَى: and سِرْطِمٌ. -A2- Also [ The crab; ] a certain aquatic creature; (S) a certain animal of the sea; (Msb;) a certain creeping thing (دَابَّة), of aquatic creatures; (M;) a certain fluvial creeping thing (دابّة); and also a marine kind, which is an animal that becomes hard like stone: the former kind is of much utility; the quantity of three مَثَاقِيل of its ashes, when burnt in a cooking-pot of copper (نُحَاسٍ أَحْمَرَ [for the latter of which words we find in the CK خُمِّرَ]), with water or wine, or with half its weight of gentian (جِنْطِيَانَا), is very good against the bite of the mad dog; if its eye be hung upon a person affected with a tertian fever, he is cured; and if its leg be hung upon a tree, its fruit falls spontaneously: (K:) this is [said of] the سرطان that is bred in rivers: (TA:) of the marine kind, what is burnt is an ingredient in collyriums, (K,) for removing whiteness, (TA,) and in dentifrices (سَنُونَات, so in copies of the K and in the TA [but in the CK, erroneously, سُفُوفَات]), and strengthens the gum: (TA:) pl. سَرَطَانَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- السَّرَطَانُ is also the name of (assumed tropical:) A certain sign of the Zodiac; (S, M, K;) [ Cancer; ] the fourth sign; so called because resembling the creature above mentioned in form. (TA.) ― -b3- [ The disease called cancer; ] a black-biliary tumour, which begins like an almond, and smaller, and when it becomes large, there appear upon it veins, red and green, resembling the legs of the سَرَطَان: there is no hope for its cure; and it is treated medicinally only in order that it may not increase: (K:) a certain disease that attacks men and beasts: (M:) it is also (K) a certain disease in the pastern of a beast, rendering it hard, or rigid, so that the animal inverts his hoof: (S, K:) a certain disease that appears in the legs of beasts: (T, TA:) some say that it is a disease which affects a man in his fauces, having relation to the blood, and resembling the دُبَيْلَة [which is explained by ISh, in describing the disease termed ذَاتُ الجَنْبِ, as an ulcer that perforates the belly]: and some say, that it is [ the disease called ] دَاآءُ الفِيلِ. (TA.)