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صَارَّةٌ ذ A want; a thing wanted; an object of want; or a needful, or requisite, thing: (S, M, K:) pl. صَوَارُّ. (TA.) One says, لِى قِبَلَ فُلَانٍ صَارَّةٌ [I have a want to be supplied to me on the part of such a one]. (A 'Obeyd, S.) ― -b2- Also Thirst: (S, K:) pl. صَرَائِرُ, (K,) which is extr., (TA,) and صَوَارُّ: (K:) or the latter is pl. of صارّة in the sense first expl. above; as A 'Obeyd says; and this is meant in the K: (TA:) AA says that its pl. in the latter sense is صَرَائِرُ; and he cites the following words of Dhu-r-Rummeh: “ فَا@نْصَاعَتِ الحُقْبُ لَمْ تَقْصَعْ صَرَائِرَهَا
” [And the wild asses turned back, retreating quickly, not having quenched their thirst]: but fault has been found with AA for this; and it is said that صَرَائِرُ is pl. of ↓ صَرِيرَةٌ , [which is not expl.,] and that the pl. of صارّة is صَوَارُّ. (S.) One says, قَصَعَ الحِمَارُ صَارَّتَهُ, meaning The ass drank water until he quenched his thirst. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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