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علك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَوْلَكٌ ذ A stammering, or stuttering, (لَجْلَجَةٌ,) in the tongue: (K:) [or, app., an action, in the tongue, like chewing: for it is said that] فِى لِسَانِهِ عَوْلَكٌ means يَعْلُكُهُ and يَمْضُغُهُ [i. e., app., He chews his tongue in speaking]. (O, from Ibn- 'Abbád.) -A2- Also A certain vein (S, O, K) in the رَحِم [app. here meaning, as in many other instances, the vulva ]; accord. to El-'Adebbes ElKinánee, (S, O,) in mares and she-asses and ewes or she-goats, in the بُظِارَة [q. v.], unapparent, (S, O, K,) in the interior thereof: (S, O:) the بظارة is between the two sides of the vulva: (TA:) pl. عَوَالكُ. (S, O.) Accord. to Ibn-Abbád, i. q. بَظْرٌ [q. v.]. (O.)

Derived headwords

عَوْلَكٌ
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فِى لِسَانِهِ