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عكبز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be rare and possibly obscure, with its primary known meaning relating to a specific anatomical part. Its etymological origin is also noted as potentially being a transformation of another letter.

Derived headwords

العكبزnoun
  1. 1.
    glans penisclassical

    The glans penis, the rounded head of the penis.

Parallel reading

العكبز، بالضم: أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-ʿakbaz, with a dammah: Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.
وقال الصاغاني: هو حشفة الإنسان.
And Al-Saghani said: it is the glans of a human.
باءه منقلبة عن الميم.
Its ba' is a transformation from the mim.