مَسَرَّةٌ
2.
[And A cause of
سُرُور, i. e. happiness, or joy, or gladness;] a thing whereby one is made happy, or joyful, or glad: plural مَسَارُّ. (Msb.)
3.
See also سَرَّاءُ.
4.
Also, [perhaps as being a cause of pleasure,] The extremities of sweet-smelling plants; (M, O, K;) and so
سُرُورٌ: (O, K:) or the latter, the upper halves of the stems of plants; (Lth, M, O; [but see سُرُورٌ;]) properly, the parts of a lotus-plant that are concealed [by the water] and are consequently succulent and soft and beautiful: and
سَرِيرٌ, the root, or lower part, of a lotusplant, whereon it rests: (O:) or this last, the pith of the lotus-plant; (M, K;) and so
سِرَارٌ: (TA:) [according to Az,] اِبْنُ المَسَرَّةِ signifies the branch [or sprig] of
رَيْحَان [or of a sweetsmelling plant]. (T in art بنى.)