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قرفص
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaQ. 1 قَرْفَصَ [قَرْفَصَ: see قُرْفُصَاآءُ, below.] -A2- قَرْفَصَهُ, (JK, TA,) inf. n. قَرْفَصَةٌ (JK, S, K) and قِرْفَاصٌ, (TA,) He bound his arms beneath his legs: (JK, K:) or he drew him together, (namely, a man,) binding his legs and arms. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence,] قَرْفَصَةٌ also signifies A certain mode of coitus, in which the woman's extremities are drawn together, so that the man makes fast here arms beneath her legs: (JK, K:) transmitted by Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.)
Derived headwords
قَرْفَصَ
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