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غ ر ق م

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific, undesirable part of a male organ, possibly the glans or foreskin, described in a somewhat vulgar or archaic context. It is noted as being omitted by al-Jawhari and defined by Abu Umar.

Derived headwords

الغَرْقَمnoun
  1. 1.
    glans penisclassical

    The glans penis, the sensitive tip of the penis.

  2. 2.
    foreskinclassical

    The foreskin, the retractable fold of skin covering the head of the penis.

غرقمother
  1. 1.
    a specific part of the penisclassical

    A term used to refer to a specific part of the male genitalia, likely the glans or foreskin.

Parallel reading

الغرقم: كجعفر بالقاف
Al-gharqam: like Ja'far, with a qaf.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari omitted it.
وقال أبو عمر وهو: الحشفة
And Abu Umar said it is: the glans.
وأنشد: بعينيك وغف إذ رأيت ابن مرثد ... يقسبرها بغرقم يتزيد
And he recited: By your eyes, O Ghuff, when you saw Ibn Murthad... probing it with a growing gharqam.
إذا انتشرت حسبتها ذات هضبة ... ترمز في ألغادها وتردد
When it spread out, you would think it was a hillock... moving in its valleys and echoing.