Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِسْكٌ

Root: اسك

Full Definition

إِسْكٌ see الإِسْكَتَانِ.
2 Also The side of the اِسْت [i. e., of the podex, or of the anus]. [Hence,] one says of a man, إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِسْكُ أَمَةٍ, meaning He is but a stinking fellow.


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