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عسل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عُسَيْلَةٌ ذ dim. of عَسَلٌ, q. v.: or of its n. un. ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) i. q. نُطْفَةٌ [i. e. The sperma of a man and of a woman ]: or the مَاآء [meaning sperma ] of a man. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) The deliciousness, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) or sweetness, (Mgh, K, TA,) of جِمَاع; as being likened to عَسَل [i. e. honey]. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) Thus, (Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) or as expl. in the next preceding sentence, (TA,) in the saying of the Prophet to a woman who desired to be divorced from a husband in order that she might return to a former husband, لَا حَتَّى تَذُوقِى عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ. (Mgh, O, Msb, TA. [See 1 in art. ذوقَ.]) ― -b4- And العُسَيْلَتَانِ signifies العُضْوَانِ [meaning The male and female genital organs ]; because means of experiencing delight. (Z, TA.)

Derived headwords

عُسَيْلَةٌ
  1. 1.
لَا حَتَّى تَذُوقِى عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ