جُحْرٌ

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جُحْرٌ and جُحْرَانٌ The burrow, or hole, of a [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ, and of a jerboa, and of a serpent, and of any venomous reptile or the like, and wild beast, or of any creature that is not of a large size; and [the den] of a hyena: (K in art. وجر:) pl. [of mult.] of the former, جِحَرَةٌ (S, Msb, K [in the CK جَحَرَةٌ]) and [of pauc.] أَجْحَارٌ.
2 And [hence,] the former, or ↓ the latter, or both, The vulva of a woman; the pudendum muliebre: and the anus.
3 You say, حَصِّنِى جُحْرَكِ [Protect thou thy pudendum]. And it is said in a trad., إِذَا حَاضَتِ المَرْأَةُ حَرُمَ When a woman has the menstrual discharge, the vulva is forbidden: or, حَرُمَ الجُحْرَان, i. e. both the vulva and the anus are forbidden; one having been forbidden before.
4 [Hence likewise,] the former signifies also A hole, or aperture, (ثَعْلَبٌ,) whence rainwater flows. (K and TA in art. ثعلب.)

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