سرء

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the eggs of insects and reptiles, particularly locusts and lizards. It also extends to the act of laying these eggs and, metaphorically, to having many offspring. Some derived terms relate to specific types of trees and arrows.

Derived headwords

السِّرْءُnoun

1.
locust eggsboth
The eggs of a locust.
2.
lizard eggsboth
The eggs of a lizard.
3.
fish eggsboth
The eggs of a fish.

السَّرْأَةُnoun

1.
locust eggsboth
The eggs of a locust.
2.
lizard eggsboth
The eggs of a lizard.
3.
fish eggsboth
The eggs of a fish.

سَرْءnoun

1.
laying eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

سَرْءٌnoun

1.
eggsboth
The eggs of a locust, lizard, or fish.

سَرْؤُnoun

1.
eggsboth
The eggs of a locust, lizard, or fish.

سَرْوُnoun

1.
eggsboth
The eggs of a locust, lizard, or fish.

سَرْوُءٌadjective

1.
egg-laying (locust)classical
Describing a locust that is laying eggs.

سَرْأَةٌnoun

1.
locust eggsclassical
The eggs of a locust.

سَرُؤَverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

تَسَرُّؤٌverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

سَرُؤَverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

تَسَرُّؤٌverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

سَرَّأَverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

تَسْرِئَةٌverb

1.
to lay eggsclassical
The act of laying eggs, specifically by a locust or lizard.

أَسْرَأَverb

1.
to be about to lay eggsclassical
The time has come for the locust or lizard to lay its eggs.

مَسْرُوءَةٌadjective

1.
full of locustsclassical
An area or land that has a large quantity of locusts.

السَّرَّاءُnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree used for making bows.

سَرَاءَةٌnoun

1.
type of treeclassical
A type of tree used for making bows.

السَّرْوَةُnoun

1.
arrowclassical
An arrow.

Parallel reading

بيضة الجراد والضب والسمكة وما أشبهه

The egg of a locust, a lizard, a fish, and the like.

والسرأة، بالكسر: بيض الجراد

And as-sar'ah, with kasr: the eggs of a locust.

وجرادة سروء على فعول

And a locust is sarū' (egg-laying) according to the pattern 'fa'ūl'.

فهي سروء، والواحدة سرأة

So it is sarū', and the singular is sar'ah.

والجراد يكون سرأ وهو بيض فإذا خرجت سوداء فهي دبا

And the locust has sar' (eggs) which are its eggs; when they emerge black, they are called dibā'.

وضبة سروء على فعول وضباب سرؤ على فعل وهي التي بيضها في جوفها لم تلقه

And a lizard is sarū' according to the pattern 'fa'ūl', and lizards are surru' according to the pattern 'fa'al', meaning their eggs are still inside them and have not been laid.

وسرأت الضبة: باضت

And the lizard sar'at (laid eggs): it laid eggs.

وسرأت الجرادة تسرأ سرأ فهي سروء: باضت

And the locust sar'at, tasra'u, sar'an: it laid eggs.

وسرأت الجرادة تسرأ سرأ: باضت

And the locust sar'at, tasra'u, sar'an: it laid eggs.

رزت الجرادة، والرز: أن تدخل ذنبها في الأرض فتلقي سرأها

The locust rizzt (inserted its tail), and ar-ruzz is when it inserts its tail into the ground to lay its sar' (eggs).

وسرؤها: بيضها

And its sar'u is its eggs.

إذا ألقى الجراد بيضه قيل: قد سرأ البيض يسرأ به

When the locust lays its eggs, it is said: 'The eggs have been laid, yusra'u bihi'.

سرأت المرأة سرأ: كثر أولادها

The woman sar'at, sar'an: her children became numerous.

وأسرأت أي الجرادة حان تبيض

And the locust asra'at, meaning its time to lay eggs has come.

أسرأت: حان أن تلقي بيضها

Asra'at: it is time for it to lay its eggs.

وأرض مسروءة: كثيرتها أي الجراد

And a land is masrū'ah: meaning it has many locusts.

السراء كسحاب: ضرب من شجر القسي

As-sarrā' like saḥāb: a type of tree for bows.

والسروة: السهم لا غير

And as-sarwah: the arrow, nothing else.