أَعْقَفُ
Root: عقف
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أَعْقَفُ
Anything bent, curved, crooked, [hooked,] contorted, or distorted. And Bending.
2 A gazelle having the horns bent. And [the fem.] عَقْفَآءُ A sheep or goat (شَاة) of which the horns are contorted [or bent down] upon its ears.
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5 And [the fem.] عَقْفَآءُ signifies [An iron hook;] a piece of iron of which the extremity has been contorted, and in which is a bending.
2 A gazelle having the horns bent. And [the fem.] عَقْفَآءُ A sheep or goat (شَاة) of which the horns are contorted [or bent down] upon its ears.
3 Also
4 And
5 And [the fem.] عَقْفَآءُ signifies [An iron hook;] a piece of iron of which the extremity has been contorted, and in which is a bending.
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