عَضَلَةٌ
Root: عضل
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عَضَلَةٌ
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عَضِيلَةٌ [A muscle; or any of what are termed the voluntary muscles; i. e.] any tendon, or sinew, with which is thick flesh; or any collected and compact flesh upon a tendon or sinew: and particularly of the shank: pl.
عَضَلٌ , [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.,] and [the pl. properly so termed is] عَضَلَاتٌ.
def.2 Also the former, accord. to AA, A certain tree resembling the دِفْلَى, which the camels eat, after which they drink water every day: but Az says that he thinks it be عَصَلَة, [n. un. of عَصَلٌ, q. v.,] with the unpointed ص; and what he says is correct.
def.2 Also the former, accord. to AA, A certain tree resembling the دِفْلَى, which the camels eat, after which they drink water every day: but Az says that he thinks it be عَصَلَة, [n. un. of عَصَلٌ, q. v.,] with the unpointed ص; and what he says is correct.
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