وَرْطَهٌ

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وَرْطَهٌ Slime, or thin mud, [in the CK, الرَّحْلُ is erroneously put for الوَحْلُ,] into which sheep or goats fall, and from which they cannot extricate themselves: this, or, as some say, what here next follows, is the primary signification: a low, or depressed, piece of ground or land, in which is no way, or road, directing to escape: this is said by A'Obeyd to be the primary signification: a deep hollow, cavity, or pit, in the ground: a deep hollow, cavity, or pit, formed for the purpose of a stratagem, such as may be in a mountain, occasioning difficulty to him who falls into it: and hence, a well: and anything that is غَامِض [app. here meaning low, or depressed]: also, by derivation from the first of these significations, or from the second, [or some other,] perdition; or destruction; or death: and [any embarrassing, or difficult, case, or affair;] any case, or affair, from which escape is difficult: pl. [of pauc.] أَوْرَاطٌ, the ة in the sing. being app. regarded as elided; and [of mult.] وِرَاطٌ, and وَرَطَاتٌ.
2 Also, The podex: or the anus: syn. إِسْتٌ.

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