Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فَقْحَةٌ

Root: فقح

Full Definition

فَقْحَةٌ : see فُقَّاحٌ.
2 Also The anus: because it opens in the case of need: or a wide, or an ample, anus: or a wide دُبُر: or a دُبُر with what it comprises: and afterwards, by reason of frequency of usage, applied to signify any دُبُر: pl. فِقَاحٌ.
3 And The palm of the hand; as also فَقَاحَةٌ : of the dial. of El-Yemen: so called because of its width.
4 And The napkin (مِنْدِيل) of الإِحْرَام [i. e., which is used by one performing the rites of the حَجّ or of the عُمْرَة]: of the dial. of El-Yemen.


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