مَعْرَقٌ
Root: عرق
Full Definition
مَعْرَقٌ
an Verbal.Noun of 1 in the sense first expl. in this art.
def.2 [And a noun of place, signifying A place of sweat or of sweating of an animal; such as the armpit and the groin: pl. مَعَارِقُ.
2 Hence,] مَعَارِقُ الرَّمْلِ i. q. آبَاطُهُ [i. e.
3 And معرق [thus in my original; perhaps مَعْرَقٌ, as denoting “ a place of sweat, ” like مَمْطَرٌ from المَطَرُ; or مِعْرَقٌ , as being likened to a utensil, like مِمْطَرٌ, and as being in form agreeable with many words denoting articles of dress;] signifies An innermost garment for imbibing the sweat, lest it should reach to the garments of pride [i. e. the outer garments].
def.2 [And a noun of place, signifying A place of sweat or of sweating of an animal; such as the armpit and the groin: pl. مَعَارِقُ.
2 Hence,] مَعَارِقُ الرَّمْلِ i. q. آبَاطُهُ [i. e.
3 And معرق [thus in my original; perhaps مَعْرَقٌ, as denoting “ a place of sweat, ” like مَمْطَرٌ from المَطَرُ; or مِعْرَقٌ , as being likened to a utensil, like مِمْطَرٌ, and as being in form agreeable with many words denoting articles of dress;] signifies An innermost garment for imbibing the sweat, lest it should reach to the garments of pride [i. e. the outer garments].
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