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صَرًى ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) an inf. n. used as an epithet, (Msb,) and ↓ صِرًى , (S, M, K,) [and Freytag adds ↓ صُرًى , as from the K, in which I do not find it,] Water remaining, or stagnating, long, accord. to Fr; (S;) or that has remained, or stagnated, long: (Msb:) or water remaining long, (K,) or that has remained long, and become altered [for the worse], (S, M, Msb,) accord. to AA. (S.) And the first, (M, K,) an inf. n. used as an epithet, (TA,) Milk that has remained (M, K) long (K) so that its flavour has become altered [for the worse]; (M, K;) as also ↓ صَرٍ , which is in like manner applied to water: (M:) or milk left [long] in the udder of the camel, not drawn, so that it becomes salt and windy: (IAar, TA:) or milk drawn in the night from a camel abounding therewith, having a bad and burning flavour. (Az, TA.) And, (M, K,) some say, (M,) [used as a subst.,] A portion remaining (M, K) of milk (M) in the udder, (Ham p. 661,) and of water. (TA.) And Tears (دَمْعٌ) that have become collected: and the sing. [or epithet applied to a single tear (دَمْعَةٌ）] is صَرَاةٌ. (M.) And نُطْفَةٌ صَرَاةٌ [Sperma of a man] altered [for the worse]: and long retained by him in his back. (M. [This is also mentioned in the S, app. in the latter of these senses; the meaning being there only indicated by the context.]) ― -b2- For the fem., صَرَاةٌ, see also مُصَرَّاةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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