سُرُورٌ
1.
, (S, M, A, Msb,) or
سَرُورٌ, when used as a simple subst., (IAar, Sgh, K,) but this is strange, and, according to MF, unknown, whether as a simple subst. or as a verbal noun, (TA,) and
سُرٌّ (M, Msb) and
سَرَّاءُ and
تَسُرَّةٌ, (M,) Happiness, or joy, or gladness; synonym فَرَحٌ; (M, K; *) opposite of
حُزْنٌ: (S:) or dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, wherein is quiet or tranquillity or rest of mind, of short or of long continuance; whereas فَرَحٌ is dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, of short continuance, transitory, or fleeting, not lasting, as is the case in bodily and worldly pleasures; but فَرَح is sometimes called سُرُور, and vice versâ: (Er-Rághib, TA in article فرح:) or سُرُورٌ signifies pleasure, or delight, and dilatation of the heart, of which there is no external sign; distinguished from حُبُورٌ, which is cheerfulness, i. e., pleasure, or delight, or dilatation of the heart, which has a visible effect in the aspect. (TA.)