عُقَرَةٌ
Root: عقر
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عُقَرَةٌ
: see مِعْقَرٌ, in two places; and عَقُورٌ.
def.2 Also A kind of bead (خَرَزَةٌ, S, O, K) which a woman binds upon her flanks, in order that she may not conceive; or which a woman bears, or carries, in order that she may not bear offspring: accord. to IAar, a kind of bead which is hung upon her who is barren, in order that she may bear offspring; but this is strange. Hence the saying, عُقَرَةُ العِلْمِ النِّسْيَانُ [That which renders knowledge barren is forgetfulness].
def.3 See also عَاقِرٌ, in two places.
def.2 Also A kind of bead (خَرَزَةٌ, S, O, K) which a woman binds upon her flanks, in order that she may not conceive; or which a woman bears, or carries, in order that she may not bear offspring: accord. to IAar, a kind of bead which is hung upon her who is barren, in order that she may bear offspring; but this is strange. Hence the saying, عُقَرَةُ العِلْمِ النِّسْيَانُ [That which renders knowledge barren is forgetfulness].
def.3 See also عَاقِرٌ, in two places.
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