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أَخْوَقُ

Root: خوق

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أَخْوَقُ [Wide; or wide in the interior; or farextending: fem. خَوْقَآءُ: pl. خُوقٌ]. You say خَرْقٌ أَخْرَقُ (JK, K, TA, [in the CK جَوْفٌ, and in my MS. copy of the K خَوْقٌ,]) A wide [desert such as is termed] خَرْق: or a خَرْق wide in the interior. And مَفَازَةٌ خَوْقَآءُ and A wide desert: or a desert wide in the interior: and the former, also, a desert in which is no water. And بَلَدٌ أَخْوَقٌ A wide, far-extending region or country. And بِئْرٌ خَوْقَآءُ and A wide well: or رَكِيَّةٌ خَوْقَاءُ a deep and wide well.
2 And the fem., خَوْقَآءُ, applied to a woman, Having no partition between her vulva and her anus: or having her vagina and rectum united: or wide in the vulva: or tall and slender.
3 And, so applied, Foolish, or stupid: pl. خُوقٌ.
4 And the masc., Blind of one eye; or one-eyed: pl. as above.

def.2 Also, applied to a camel, Mangy, or scabby: or having what resembles the mange or scab: fem. as above.


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