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شكر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَكْرٌ ذ The vulva, or pudendum, of a woman: (S, M, Msb, K:) or the flesh thereof: (M, K, * MF:) as also ↓ شِكْرٌ, in either of these senses: (K:) pl. شِكَارٌ: (Msb, TA:) لَحْمُهَا, in the K, as the second explanation, is a mistake for لَحْمُهُ. (MF.) It is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنْ شَكْرِ البَغِىِ, meaning He forbade the giving hire for prostitution; the word ثَمَنِ being understood as prefixed to شكر. (TA.) ― -b2- Also i. q. نِكَاحٌ [i. e. The act of compressing, or of contracting marriage with, a woman ]. (TS, K.)

Derived headwords

شَكْرٌ
  1. 1.
نَهَى عَنْ شَكْرِ البَغِىِ