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بَتِيلَةٌ

Root: بتل

Full Definition

بَتِيلَةٌ : see بَتُولٌ, in two places.
2 Also Any limb, or member, with its flesh, separate from others, or by itself: pl. بَتَائِلُ.
3 In one dial., The posteriors; because divided [or distinct] from the back.
4 مَرَّ عَلَى بَتِيلَةٍ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ, and من رأيه, [He proceeded according to] an irrevocable determination or resolution.
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