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أَحَلُّ

Root: حل

Full Definition

أَحَلُّ Having what is termed حَلَلٌ [q. v.]: fem. حَلَّآءُ: and pl. حُلٌّ, applied to horses, and to camels, and to wolves: a camel having a weakness in the عُرْقُوب [i. e. hock, or hock-tendon]: and having a laxness in his legs: it is discommended in everything, except the wolf.
2 The fem., applied to a woman, signifies Having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs; or having small and close buttocks; or having little flesh in the thighs.
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