سِرْوَةٌ
1.
(Th, AHn, T, S, M, K) and
سُرْوَةٌ (Th, M, IAth, K) and
سَرْوَةٌ (Kr, M, K) A small arrow: (S:) or a small and short arrow: or an arrow broad and long in the head; (M, K, TA;) but therewithal slender and short; with which one shoots at the butt: (TA:) or such as is round and smooth, not broad; the broad and long being termed مِعْبَلَةٌ: (M:) or the very slenderest of arrow-heads, that penetrates into the coats of mail: (Th, M:) or it [is an arrow that] penetrates into the coats of mail, for which reason it is called
الدِّرْعِيَّةُ, its head entering like the needle: (T, TA:) or an arrow-head resembling an ordinary needle or a large needle: it is mentioned also in article سرى, [as being a small, short, round and smooth arrow-head, having no breadth, and as being called سِرْوَةٌ and سِرْيَةً,] because the word belongs to that article and to this: (M:) [see also مِرْمَاةٌ; and see سِرْوَةٌ in article سرأ:] the plural is سُرًى [or سِرًى?] according to the T, or سِرَاءٌ according to the S. (TA.)