حرح

حِرٌ حذر , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) similar in form to يَدٌ and دَمٌ, (Msb,) and حِرٌّ (AHeyth, Az, Msb) and حِرَةٌ; (K;) the first of which is the most common; and the last, strange; (TA;) or the first is sometimes used instead of the second; (Msb;) The vulva, or pudendum, of a woman: originally ↓ حِرْحٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) as is shown by the form of its broken pl., (S, Mgh, Msb,) and by that of its dim.; for in the formation of the broken pl. and of the dim., a word is restored to its original state: the final ح in the original is elided, and ر is put in its stead, and incorporated into the medial radical letter; and sometimes the word is used without any letter of compensation: thus are formed حِرٌّ and حِرٌ: (Msb:) the pl. is أَحْرَاحٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) its only broken pl., (TA,) and حِرُونَ, (S, K,) which latter is like لِدُونَ and مِئُونَ, pls. of defective nouns [لِدَةٌ and مِئَةٌ]: (S:) dim. ↓ حُرَيْحٌ. (Msb.)