سِرْحَانٌ

, of the measure فِعْلَانٌ, the ن being an augmentative letter, (Sb, S,) from the verb سَرَحَ, (TA,) The wolf; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also سِرْحَالٌ; (Yaakoob, K;) feminine سِرْحَانَةٌ (Ks, S) and سِرْحَالَهٌ; (TA;) and the lion, (S, O, Msb, K,) in the dialect of Hudheyl: (S, O:) plural سَرَاحِينُ (S, A, O, Msb, K) and سَرَاحٍ and سِرَاحٌ, (O, L, K,) but the last not remembered to have been heard by Az. (L.) It is said in a prov.,

سَقَطَ العَشَاءُ بِهِ عَلَى سِرْحَانِ

[The evening-meal, or supper, (i. e. the seeking for it,) made him to fall, or light, upon a wolf]: (S, Meyd:) according to A'Obeyd, it originated from a man's going forth to seek the eveningmeal, and falling upon a wolf, which devoured him: according to As, from the like accident to a beast: according to IAar, from a man's being slain by another man, named سِرْحَان: it is applied to the seeking an object of want that leads one to destruction. (Meyd. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 599: but the name there written “ Hasahah ” is هُزْلَة; according to Meyd, the father, but according to the O, the brother, of Sirhán.])

Hence, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e. from السِّرْحَانُ as meaning “ the wolf, ” or, as some say, “ the lion, ” (TA,) ذَنَبُ السِّرْحَانِ The false dawn; (Mgh, O, K, TA;) i. e. the first [dawn]. (TA. [A term nearly agreeing with the Greek λυκόφως])

السِّرْحَانُ, (O, K,) or سِرْحَانٌ, (TA,) is also the name of A certain dog: and of a certain horse: and of another horse. (O, K.)

-A2- Also The middle of a wateringtrough or tank: (O, K:) plural as above. (K.)