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عصص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the coccyx or tailbone, the final segment of the vertebral column. It is described as the first part of the body to be created and the last to decay.

Derived headwords

العُصْعُصnoun
  1. 1.
    the coccyx, which is its boneboth

    the coccyx, which is its bone

  2. 2.
    a variant pronunciation of al-ʿuṣʿuṣboth

    a variant pronunciation of al-ʿuṣʿuṣ

عُصْعُصnoun
  1. 1.
    coccyx, tailboneboth

    The coccyx, also known as the tailbone, is the final section of the vertebral column in humans and other primates.

Parallel reading

العصعص، بالضم: عجب الذنب، وهو عظمه.
The coccyx, with dammah, is the tailbone, and it is its bone.
إنه أول ما يخلق وآخر ما يبلى.
It is the first thing created and the last thing to decay.