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فلهم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a woman's vulva, often emphasizing its large, long, or wide dimensions. It can also refer to a wide-mouthed well.

Derived headwords

الفُلْهُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Vulva (large, long, ugly)classical

    A large, long, and unseemly vulva.

  2. 2.
    Vulva (wide)classical

    The vulva, particularly when described as wide or spacious.

مُفْلَهَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Wide-mouthed (vulva)classical

    Describing a vulva that is wide or spacious.

بِئْرٌ فُلْهُمnoun
  1. 1.
    Wide-mouthed wellclassical

    A well that is wide in its interior or cavity.

Parallel reading

الفلهم: فرج المرأة الضخم الطويل الإسكتين القبيح.
Al-fulhum: the large, long, unseemly, ugly vulva of a woman.
الأصمعي: الفلهم من جهاز النساء ما كان منفرجا.
Al-Asma'i: Al-fulhum, concerning women's private parts, is that which is wide.
أبو عمرو: الفلهم الفرج؛ وأنشد:
Abu 'Amr: Al-fulhum is the vulva; and he recited:
يا ابن التي فلهمها مثل فمه، ... كالحفر قام ورده بأسلمه
O son of her whose vulva is like her mouth, ... like the well its watering place stood, and its collection of water was easy.
الحفر هنا: البئر التي لم تطو.
Al-hafr here means: the well that has not been lined.
وأراد أن فلهمها أبخر مثل فمه.
And he intended that her vulva was wide-mouthed like her mouth.
وفي الحديث: أن قوما افتقدوا سخاب فتاتهم فاتهموا امرأة فجاءت عجوز ففتشت فلهمها أي فرجها؛
And in the hadith: Some people missed the scent of their young girl, so they suspected a woman. Then an old woman came and searched her vulva, meaning her private part;
وبئر فلهم: واسعة الجوف.
And a fulhum well: wide in its interior.