مِشْفَرٌ
Root: شفر
Full Definition
مِشْفَرٌ
The lip of a camel; as also
مَشْفَرٌ : and
2 Also The vulva, or external portion of the organs of generation, of a woman: but this is strange.
3 And
def.2 Also A state of resistance; inaccessibleness, or unapproachableness: strength, or power; vehemence, or hardness, or firmness.
2 And A state of perdition or destruction: and thus it is expl. as used in the saying mentioned by Meyd [in his Proverbs, perhaps the origin of this explanation], تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مِشْفَرِ الأَسَدِ [which may be rendered I left him at the like of the lip of the lion]; applied to him who is exposed to destruction.
2 Also The vulva, or external portion of the organs of generation, of a woman: but this is strange.
3 And
def.2 Also A state of resistance; inaccessibleness, or unapproachableness: strength, or power; vehemence, or hardness, or firmness.
2 And A state of perdition or destruction: and thus it is expl. as used in the saying mentioned by Meyd [in his Proverbs, perhaps the origin of this explanation], تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مِشْفَرِ الأَسَدِ [which may be rendered I left him at the like of the lip of the lion]; applied to him who is exposed to destruction.
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