סְרַךְ II (preced.; cmp. סָרַח I) 1) to clutch, hold fast, hang to. B. Bath. 86ᵇ שאני בהמה דסַרְכָא (Ms. R. דמְסָרְכָא Pa., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) it is different with taking possession of an animal, because it clutches (the ground). Ḥull. 51ᵃ אית לה מידי למִיסְרַךְ the animal has something to clutch (when falling, so as to break the shock); והאי לית … למ׳ while this (kid) had nothing to cling to. Ib. top ליכא מידי למיסרך there is no object for the blood to hang to (around which to coagulate); כיון דאיכא מחט … מיסרך הוה סָרֵיךְ since a needle has been found there, if the perforation had taken place before slaughtering, blood would have clung round it; a. e.—Part. pass. סָרִיךְ; f. סְרִיכָא; pl. סְרִיכִין; סְרִיכָן. Gitt. 68ᵇ שוטה בחדא מילתא לא ס׳ an insane person does not cling to one fiction (he will betray his insanity in some other way than merely by repeating the same thing). Ḥull. 46ᵇ הני … דס׳ להדדי two lobes of the lungs which adhere to each other (by a membrane). Ned. 50ᵇ ואם אית כיבא ס׳ עלה if there be a sore in the bowels, it will cling to it (v. טְרוֹמִיטָא); a. e.—2) to confound, v. infra.
Pa. - סָרֵיךְ same, 1) to clutch; (cmp. טָפַס) to climb. Bets. 11ᵃ סָרוּכֵי סָרוּךְ וסליקו they clutched and climbed up. B. Kam. 20ᵃ סריך סליק וכ׳ it climbed, came up and ate &c. Ib. לסרוכי ולמסלק (not לסרוכיה; Ms. F. למיסרך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) to climb up; a. e. —2) to cling to, adhere. Ḥull. 111ᵃ חלב סָרוּכֵי מְסָרֵיךְ (not סרוכיה) milk adheres (and penetrates), opp. מישרק שריק glides off. Ab. Zar. 22ᵇ מְסָרֵיךְ אבתרה (Ms. M. מִיסְרַךְ סָרֵיךְ) he clings to her (runs after her). —3) (v. preced.) to confound. Pes. 51ᵃ משום דמְסָרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. דסריכי; Ms. O. דמְסָרְבֵי מילתא במילתא, v. סְרַב II) because they confound one thing with another (if you permit them one thing, they will allow themselves another); הנך אינשי נמי סַרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. סְרִיכֵי, Ms. O. מסרבי מילתא במילתא) those people (ignorant Jews) will likewise confound &c.; a. e.