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العُرْيَةِ

Root: عرى

Full Definition

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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