العُرْيَةِ
Root: عرى
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العُرْيَةِ
, and
, and
المَعْرَى , and
, or, as in the M, المُعَرَّى , and
, and in like manner in the A, المُعَرَّى and العُرْيَة being [there] said to be like المُجَرَّد and الجُرْدَة in measure and in meaning, signify حَسَنَةُ المُجَرَّدِ, i. e. [A girl, or young woman, beautiful in respect of what is unclad of her person; or] beautiful when she is unclad: (TA: [see also جُرْدَةٌ: the CK, for وَالمَعْرَى وَالمَعْرَاةِ أَىِ المُجَرَّدِ, has والمُعْرٰى والمُعْراةُ
اَىِ المُجَرَّدُ:]) and
(of which the sing. is مَعْرًى, TA) signifies the hands or arms, and the feet or legs, and the face, as being the parts that are seen, of a woman: so in the saying, مَا أَحْسَنَ مَعَارِىَ هٰذِهِ
المَرْأَةِ [How beautiful are the hands or arms, &c., of this woman!]: or, as some say, the parts where the bones appear [as distinct] from the flesh: or, some say, what are necessarily made to appear, of a woman: and, some say, the
عَوْرَة [or pudenda of a woman]: and the فَرْج [or vulva].
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