שָׂרַט (b. h.; v. סָרַט) to scratch, wound, v. סָרַט; esp. to wound one’s body in mourning. Macc. III, 5 השׂוֹרֵט שריטה וכ׳ he who makes one incision for a dead person. Ib. ש׳ שריטה וכ׳ if a person makes one incision for five dead or five incisions for one dead person. Ib. 20ᵇ יכול אפי׳ ש׳ על ביתו וכ׳ you may think that one is guilty even if he cuts himself for his house that fell in &c.; a. e.
Pi. - שֵׂרֵט same. Ib. 21ᵃ המְשָׂרֵט בכלי if one wounds himself with an instrument (instead of with his nails); a. fr.