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عصب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَصُوبٌ ذ A she-camel that will not yield her milk copiously unless her thigh, (S, O,) or thighs, (A, K,) be bound with a cord: (S, A, O, K:) or unless the lower parts of her nostrils be bound with a cord, and she be then urged to rise, and not loosed until she is milked. (AZ, TA.) ― -b2- And A woman having little flesh in her posteriors and thighs: or light in the hips, or haunches. (Kr, K.)

Derived headwords

عَصُوبٌ
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