الإِسْكَتَانِ

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الإِسْكَتَانِ and الأَسْكَتَانِ, The two sides [or labia majora] of the vulva, or external portion of the female organs of generation, i. e., of a woman, above [or rather within] the شُفْرَانِ; (Mgh; the شُفْرَانِ being the two borders thereof; T, Msb;) i. e. the قُذَّتَانِ thereof; (S and M and L in art. قذ;) the two sides, on the right and left, of the vulva, or external portion of the organs of generation, of a woman, between which is the مَشَقّ: or [accord. to some, but incorrectly,] the شُفْرَانِ [in the CK the شَفْر] of the رَحِم [here meaning, as in many other instances, the vulva, i. e. فَرْج], or of the حَيَآء [which also means the vulva, but seldom that of a woman]: or [agreeably with general usage, and with the explanations given before this last,] its two sides, next to its شُفْرَانِ: or, [what is the same,] its قُذَّتَانِ: pl. إِسَكٌ and [quasi-pl. ns.] إِسْكٌ and أَسْكٌ .

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