عَرْدٌ
Root: عرد
Full Definition
عَرْدٌ
A thing, or anything, hard: or strong, hard, and erect: or thick; as also
عَارِدٌ and عُرُدٌ [correctly
عُرُدٌّ ] and عُرَيْدٌ [evidently a mistranscription for
عُرُنْدٌ ] and
عَرِدٌ : and
عَرَنْدَدٌ , quasi-coordinate to سَفَرْجَلٌ, and
عُرُنْدٌ , with two dammehs, (TA, in the CK عُرَنْد,) the ن being a substitute for د, and
عَرِدٌ and
عُرُدٌّ , signify hard, or hard and strong, applied to anything: and
عُرُدٌّ , applied to a spear, and a bow-string, signifies strong: and
عُرُنْدٌ , in measure like تُرُنْجٌ, applied to a bow-string, thick; or strong and thick; as also
عُرُدٌّ ; and thus both signify applied to a rope, or well-rope, and any other thing. One says, إِنَّهُ لَعَرْدُ مَغُرِزِ العُنُقِ [Verily he is hard, or strong, or thick, in respect of the base of the neck].
2 [Hence,] The penis: or a hard and strong penis: or a penis distended and erect and hard: pl. أَعْرَادٌ.
3 And The ass: so called because of the thickness of his neck.
4 And [it is said to signify] The base of the neck. , from a mistranscription of which it may have originated.])
2 [Hence,] The penis: or a hard and strong penis: or a penis distended and erect and hard: pl. أَعْرَادٌ.
3 And The ass: so called because of the thickness of his neck.
4 And [it is said to signify] The base of the neck. , from a mistranscription of which it may have originated.])
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