سرط1 سَرِطَهُ, aor. ـَ 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 فَتُعْقَىBe 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 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 It (a thing, M) passed easily in his throat. (M, K.) 8 إِسْتَرَطَ see 1.Q. Q. 1 سَرْطَمَ: see art. سرطم.سُرَطٌ 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: see the next preceding paragraph.سِرْطِمٌ 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: 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] دَآءُ الفِيلِ. (TA.) سِرْطِيطٌ: see سُرَطْ.سُرَطْرِطٌ or سَرَطْرَطٌ: see سُرَطٌ.سِرِطْرَاطٌ (Lth, Lh, S, M, K) and سَرَطْرَاطٌ, (Lth, M, K,) the former said by Az to be a good form, like جِلِبَّابٌ and سِجِلَّاطٌ, but the latter to be the only instance of its form known to him, (TA,) and ↓ سُرَيْطٌ, like زُبَيْرٌ, (accord. to the K,) or ↓ سُرَّيْطٌ, (as in the M,) like قُبَّيْطٌ, (TA, [in which this is said to be the right form,]) [The kind of sweet food called] فَالُوذٌ, [Lh, S, M, K,) or فَالُوذَجٌ; (as in some copies of the K and in the TA;) so called because very delicious to eat and swallow, from سَرَطٌ signifying the “ act of swallowing; ” (Az, TA;) of the dial. of Syria: (Lh, M:) or [the kind of sweet food called] خَبِيصٌ. (M, K.) سُرَاطٌ: see سُرَاطِىٌّ.سِرَاطٌ A road, or way: (Msb:) or a conspicuous road or way; (M, K;) so called because he who goes away on it disappears like food that is swallowed; (K) i. q. صِرَاطٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) which is of the dial. of the early Kureysh, (Fr,) and is the more approved, on account of the mutual resemblance [of the ص and ط], (M, K,) though the former is the original; (M, Msb, K;) and زِرَاطٌ; for the saying that the pronunciation with the pure ز is a mistake, is [itself] a mistake: (K:) [ISd says,] As mentions the reading الزِّرَاط, with the pure ز; but this is a mistake; for he only heard the resemblance, and imagined it to be ز; and As was not a grammarian, that he should be trusted in this matter: (M:) this is [itself, however,] a mistake; for AA is related to have read الزّراط, and the same is related of Hamzeh, by Ks. (TA.) One says also, هُوَ فِىدِينِهِ عَلَى سِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ (tropical:)  [He is, in respect of his religion, on, or in, a right way]. (TA.) [It is fem. as well as masc.: see زُقَاقٌ.]سِرْوَطٌ: see سُرَاطِىٌّ.سُرَيْطٌ: see سِرِطْرَاطٌ: b2:  and سُرَّيْطَى.سُرَيْطَى: see سُرَيْطَآءُ: b2:  and سُرَّيْطَى.سُرَاطِىٌّ A great eater; (K;) as also ↓ سِرْوَاطٌ (Seer, M, K,) and ↓ سِرْطِمٌ: (K:) or one who swallows everything; as also ↓ سِرْوَاطٌ (M) and ↓ سِرْطِمٌ and ↓ سَرْطَمٌ; (Lh, M;) from الاِسْتِرَاطُ; the م, accord. to IJ, being augmentative; (M;) and so ↓ سِرْوَطٌ. (TA.) [See also سُرَطٌ.] b2:  Also, (S, M, K,) and ↓ سُرَاطٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:)  A sword that cuts (S, K, TA) much, or well; (K, TA;) that passes into the object that is struck with it; (M, TA;) that goes quickly into the flesh. (Ibn-Habeeb, O, in explanation of the former word.) b3:  سُرَاطِىُّ الجَرْىِ (tropical:)  A horse that runs vehemently. (K, TA.) [See again سُرَطٌ.]سُرَيْطَآءُ, (JM, M, K, TA,) or ↓ سُرَيْطَى, (L,) A kind of soup, or food that is supped, (JM, M, K, TA,) like خَزِيرَة [q. v.]; (JM, M, TA;) in the K, erroneously, like حَرِيرَة: (TA:) or resembling خَزِيرَة. (L in explanation of the latter word.) b2:  See also سُرَّيْطَى.سِرْوَاطٌ: see سُرَاطِىٌّ, in two places.سَرَّاطٌ: see سُرَطٌ.سُرَّيْطٌ: see سِرِطْرَاطٌ: b2:  and see also the paragraph here following.سُرَّيْطَى a word occurring in the following prov.: الأَخْذُ سُرَّيْطَى وَالقَضَآءُ ضُرَّيْطَى, (S, K,) or ↓ سُرَيْطَى and ضُرَيْطَى, (so in a copy of the M, without teshdeed,) and one says also ↓ سِرِّيطَى and ضِرِّيطَى, (O, K,) and ↓ سُرَيْطَآءُ and ضُرَيْطَآءُ, (O, K, TA, in the CK سُرَيْطا and ضُرَّيْطٌ,) and ↓ سُرَيْطٌ and ضُرَيْطٌ, (K, and so in a copy of the S,) each like زُبَيُرٌ, (TA,) or ↓ سُرَّيْطٌ and ضُرَّيْطٌ, (so in another copy of the S,) or both, (M,) [Taking, or receiving, is a swallowing, and paying is a making with the mouth a sound like that of the emission of wind from the anus; i. e.] one takes, or receives, a loan, or the like, (S, M, O, K,) and swallows it, (M, O, K,) and when payment is demanded of him he makes with his mouth a sound like that of the emission of wind from the anus: (S, M, O, K, TA:) meaning that taking, or receiving, is liked, and paying is disliked: (TA:) and ↓ الأَخْذُ سَرَطَانٌ, (O, K,) or, as some relate it, سَلَجَانٌ, (O,) وَالقَضَآءُ لَيَّانٌ. (O, K. [See 1 in art. سلج.]) سِرِّيطَى: see the next preceding paragraph.مَسْرَطٌ and ↓ مِسْرَطٌ The gullet: (M, K:) also  written with ص. (M.) مِسْرَطٌ: see what next precedes: b2:  and see also سُرَطٌ.