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عفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَعْفَلُ ذ A ram having much fat of the خُصْيَة [i. e. testicle, or scrotum ], by reason of plumpness. (TA.) ― -b2- And [the fem.] عَفْلاآءُ A woman having what is termed عَفَلَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) or عَفَلٌ. (S, O, K.) It is said in a trad of I'Ab that the selling, and giving in marriage, of such is not allowable. (TA.) ― -b3- And شَفَةٌ عَفْلَاآءُ [in the CK (erroneously) عَفْلاة] A lip that becomes inverted on the occasion of laughing. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

أَعْفَلُ
  1. 1.
شَفَةٌ عَفْلَاآءُ