ṣurṣur

cockroach

صُرْصُر

Word

Noun · pattern فُعْصُل

Root

ص ر ر

Forms

Plural
صَراصِر

From the same root

All words from ص ر ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • صَرَّ Form I It made a sound, or noise
    , (S, A, TA,) aor. , (S, TA,) inf. n. صَرِيرٌ, said of the جُنْدَب [which is app. a species of locust], and of a writing-reed, and of a door, (S, A, TA,) or of a dog-tooth, (ناب, so in a copy of the S in the place of باب in other copies as in the A and TA,) It made a sound, or noise; (S, A, TA;) or a prolonged sound or noise; [meaning it creaked; or made a creaking, or grating, sound;] and so anything that makes a similar prolonged sound: and [in like manner] ↓ اِصْطَرَّت said of a mast (سَارِيَة), it creaked, or made a creaking sound: (TA:) but when there is a lightness, or slightness, and reiteration, of the sound, they use the reduplicative form, ↓ صَرْصَرَ, inf. n. صَرْصَرَةٌ, (S, * TA,) signifying he (the bird called أَخْطَب, S, A, TA, and the hawk, or falcon, S, M, TA, or other bird, or flying thing, M) uttered his [reiterated quavering] cry; (S, M, A, TA;) as though they imitated prolongation in the cry of the جُنْدَب [and the like], and reiteration in the cry of the أَخْطَب [and the like thereof]. (S, TA.) صَرَّ الجُنْدَبُ is a prov., expl. in art. جدب [q. v.]. (TA in that art.) ― -b2- Also He (a sparrow) [chirped, or] uttered a cry, or cries. (TA.) ― -b3- صَرَّ, aor. , inf. n. صَرٌّ and صَرِيرٌ; and ↓ صَرْصَرَ; He cried, called out, or raised a cry or clamour, (M, K,) with vehemence, (K,) or with the utmost vehemence: (M:) and [in like manner] one says, ↓ جَآءَ يَصْطَرُّ He came [making a clamour, or] in clamour. (TA.) ― -b4- And صَرَّ صِمَاخُهُ, inf. n. صَرِيرٌ, His ear-hole sounded, (M, K,) or tingled, or rang, (A,) by reason of thirst. (M, A, K.) And صَرَّتِ الأُذُنُ The ear tingled, or rang. (ISk, A.) ― -b5- And صَرَّ, aor. as above, He thirsted [app. so as to hear a ringing in his ears]. (IAar.) -A2- صَرٌّ [as inf. n. of صَرَّ] also signifies The act of binding [a captive, &c.: see the pass. part. n., مَصْرُورٌ]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- You say, صَرَّ, [aor. ,] (S, M, A,) inf. n. صَرٌّ, (M, TA,) He tied up a purse, (S, M, * TA,) and money in a purse. (A.) ― -b3- And صَرَّالنَّاقَةَ (S, M, K) and بِالنَّاقَةِ, (M, K,) or صَرَّ النَّاقَةَ بِالصِّرَارِ, (Msb,) aor. , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. صَرٌّ; (M, K;) [and app. ↓ صَرَّرَهَا; (see the pass. part. n., voce مَصْرُورٌ;)] He bound the صِرَار [q. v.] upon the she-camel; (S;) [i. e.] he bound the she-camel's udder with the صِرَارِ: (M, Msb, K, * TA:) and صَرَّ الأَطْبَآءَ بِالصِّرَارِ [He bound the teats with the صرار]. (A.) [See a verse of ElKumeyt cited voce رِجْلٌ: and see also what there follows it.] ― -b4- [Hence,] صَرَّهَا means also (assumed tropical:) He left off milking her [i. e. the camel]. (Msb.) ― -b5- And تُصَرُّ, [aor. of صُرَّت,] said of a leathern bucket (دَلْو) that has become flaccid, It is tied, and has a loop-shaped handle affixed within it, having another such opposite to it. (K, * TA.) ― -b6- And one says, صَرَّ عَلَىَّ الطَّرِيقَ قَلَا أَجِدُ مَسْلَكًا (tropical:) [He closed, or has closed, against me the road, or way, so that I find not any passage]. (A.) And صُرَّتْ عَلَىَّ هٰذِهِ البَلْدَةُ فَلَا أَجِدُ مِنْهَا مَخْلَصًا (tropical:) [This town has become closed against me so that I find not any way of escape from it]. (A.) ― -b7- And صَرَّ أُذُنَيْهِ, [aor. , inf. n. صَرٌّ,] He (a horse) contracted his ears to his head: (ISk, S:) or pointed and raised his ears; which a horse does only when he exerts himself and hastens in his pace: (TA:) or he (an ass) straightened and erected his ears to listen; as also ↓ أَصَرَّهُمَا: (A:) and ↓ أَصَرَّ used intransitively, (ISk, S,) without the mention of the ears, (A,) signifies the same as صَرَّ أُذُنَيْهِ: (ISk, S, A:) and صَرَّ بِأُذُنِهِ and صَرَّ أُذُنَهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above; and بِهَا ↓ أَصَرَّ; he (a horse, and an ass,) straightened and erected his ear to listen; (M, K;) as also ↓ صَرَّرَهَا. (TA.) ― -b8- [The inf. n.] صَرٌّ signifies also The act of confining, withholding, hindering, or preventing. (TA.) ― -b9- And صُرَّ (tropical:) He had an iron collar put upon his neck, or round his neck and hands together. (A.) ― -b10- And صَرَّ, aor. , He collected together a thing, or things, (IAar,) or anything. (TA.) And كَلَامًا ↓ صَرَّرَ (assumed tropical:) He collected something to be said in his bosom, or mind. (L and TA, from a trad.) And المَالَ ↓ صَرْصَرَ, inf. n. صَرْصَرَةٌ, He collected together the property, or the camels or the like, and put back what had become scattered of the extreme portions thereof. (T, TA.) -A3- And صُرَّ It (a plant, or herbage,) became smitten by cold, or by intense cold. (M, K.)
  • صَرَّ3َ Form II She preceded
    see 1, in three places. -A2- صَرَّرَتْ said of a she-camel, She preceded. (Aboo-Leylà, M, K.)
  • صارّهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ Form III He compelled him against his will to do the thing
    He compelled him against his will to do the thing. (S, K.)
  • أَصْرَ3َ Form IV He persevered, or persisted, in it; or kept to it perseveringly
    see 1, latter part, in three places. -A2- اصرّ عَلَيْهِ, (S, TA,) inf. n. إِصْرَارٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He persevered, or persisted, in it; or kept to it perseveringly. (S, TA.) You say, اصرّ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ (assumed tropical:) He persevered, or persisted, in doing it. (Msb.) And اصرّ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ (tropical:) He persevered, or persisted, in the crime, sin, or act of disobedience. (M, TA.) The verb is used in this sense when its object is evil, or crime, or the like. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) He determined, resolved, or decided, upon it. (M, Mgh, K.) You say, اصرّ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ (assumed tropical:) He determined, resolved, or decided, upon going on in doing it, and not turning back. (TA.) ― -b3- اصرّ يَعْدُو (assumed tropical:) He hastened (M, K) somewhat (M) in running: (M, K: [in the CK, for أَصَرَّ يَعْدُو أَسْرَعَ, is put اَصَرَّ بَعُدَ وَاَسْرَعَ:]) accord. to A 'Obeyd, the verb in this sense is أَضَرَّ; but Et-Toosee asserts that this is a mistranscription. (M.) -A3- اصرّالسُّنْبُلُ The ears of corn became such as are termed صَرَر [q. v.]: (M, K:) [or] accord. to ISh, one says, اصرّ الزَّرْعُ, inf. n. إِصْرَارٌ, meaning The seed-produce [i. e. corn] put forth the extremities of its awn, before its ears had become developed. (TA.)
  • إِصْتَرَ3َ Form VIII It was, or became, narrow, or contracted
    see 1, former half, in two places. -A2- اصطرّ said of a solid hoof, It was, or became, narrow, or contracted, (S, TA,) in an unseemly manner, or immoderately. (TA.)
  • صَرْصَرَ Open entry
    , inf. n. صَرْصَرَةٌ: see 1, former half, in two places: -A2- and the same paragraph, last sentence but one.
  • صَرٌّ A leathern bucket
    A leathern bucket (دَلْو) that, in consequence of its having become flaccid, is tied, and has a loop-shaped handle affixed within it, having another such opposite to it. (K, * TA.) -A2- See also صَرِيرَةٌ.
  • صِرٌّ Cold
    (S, M, A, Msb, K) and ↓ صِرَّةٌ (M, A, K) Cold: (Th, M, A, Msb, K:) or intense cold; (Zj, M, A, K;) as also ↓ صَرْصَرٌ: (Ham p. 719:) or cold that smites the herbage and the seed-produce of the field: (S:) in the Kur iii. 113, the first of these words has the first of the meanings expl. above: (IAmb:) or the second meaning: (Zj:) or signifies noise and commotion: or, accord. to I 'Ab, fire. (IAmb.) ― -b2- And رِيحٌ صِرٌّ (M, A, K) and ↓ صَرْصَرٌ (S, M, A, K) A wind intensely cold: (S, M, A, K:) or very intensely cold: (T in explanation of the latter:) or vehemently loud: (M, A, K:) of ↓ صَرْصَرٌ some say that it is originally صَرَّرٌ, from صِرٌّ meaning “ cold; ” the incipient letter being repeated, and put in the place of the medial ر: others, that it is from صَرِيرُ البَابِ [ “ the creaking of the door ”], and from صَرَّةٌ meaning “ vociferation, or clamour. ” (ISk.) ― -b3- And صِرٌّ is the name of A certain bird, like the sparrow (K, TA) in size, (TA,) of a yellow colour: (K, TA:) so called because of its cry: or, as some say, the sparrow (عُصْفُور) itself. (TA.)
  • صَرَّةٌ Vociferation, or clamour
    Vociferation, or clamour: (S, M, A, TA:) so in the Kur li. 29: (TA:) or the most vehement vociferation or clamour or crying (Zj, M, K *) of a man and of a bird &c. (Zj, M.) [In the K, this meaning is erroneously assigned to صِرَّةٌ.] ― -b2- And Vehemence of grief or anxiety (S, M, K) and of war (M, K) and of heat, (K,) or of the hot season, (M,) &c.: (S, M:) and vehemence of the heat of summer. (S, A.) ― -b3- And A contraction, or much contraction, and sternness, or moroseness, of the face, (K, TA,) by reason of dislike, or hatred. (TA.) -A2- Also A company, a collection, or an assemblage. (S, M, K.) So in the following words of Imra-el-Keys: " جَوَاحِرُهَا فِى صَرَّةٍ لَمْ تُزَيَّلِ " (S, M) i. e. Those of them that remained behind, in a herd, not dispersed: (EM p. 48: [see the entire verse voce دُونٌ:]) or فى صرّة here means in [the midst of] clamour: (S:) or in vehemence of grief or anxiety. (S, M.) -A3- Also i. q. عَطْفَةٌ (M, K) [i. e.] A certain bead (خَرَزَةٌ) by which women fascinate men so as to withhold them from other women. (Lh, M, K, TA. [This is evidently what is meant by عَطْفَة, but is given in the M and K as a signification distinct therefrom.]) -A4- See also مُصَرَّاةٌ.
  • صُرَّةٌ A purse
    A purse (شَرَجٌ, M, K, in the CK شَرْجٌ,) for money; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مَصَرٌّ, with fet-h, (TA,) or ↓ مِصَرٌّ: (so in a copy of the A:) pl. of the first, صُرَزٌ. (Msb.) Hence the prov., اِفْتَحْ صُرَرَكَ تَعْلَمْ عُجَرَكَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Return to thyself, [or lay open the recesses of thy mind,] and thou wilt know [thy vices, or faults, or] thy good from thy evil. (Meyd. [See also صُرَدٌ, last explanation.])
  • صِرَّةٌ Open entry
    : see صِرٌّ.
  • صَرَرٌ Ears of corn
    Ears of corn (سُنْبُل) after the culm is produced, (M, K, [in the CK, يُقَصَّبُ is put in the place of يُقَصِّبُ,]) before they become apparent: (M:) or ears of corn while the farina has not come forth into them: n. un. with ة: (AHn, M, K:) or, accord. to ISh, corn when the leaves become twisted, and the extremity of the ears becomes dry, or tough, though the farina have not come forth into them. (TA.) [See 4, last sentence.]

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