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عفل
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 عَفِلَتْ ذ , aor. عَفَلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَفَلٌ, (Msb,) said of a woman, (Msb, K,) and of a she-camel, (K,) or of any female, (Msb,) She had a certain thing, (Msb, K,) called عَفَلٌ and عَفَلَةٌ, (K.) come forth in her vulva, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia ] of a man. (Msb, K.) -A2- عَفَلَهُ He felt his (i. e. a ram's) عَفْل [q. v.] in order to see what was his state of fatness. (TA.)
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عَفِلَتْverb
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