خُصْيَةٌ
Root: خصى
Full Definition
خُصْيَةٌ
A testicle; sing. of خُصًى; it is [one] of the organs of generation; well known; and
خِصْيَةٌ signifies the same, and so does
خُصْىٌ , and
خِصْىٌ ; and خُصْوَةٌ is a dial. var., occurring in a trad., but is extr.: accord. to some, the sing. is خُصْيَةٌ [alone], of the fem. gender; and the dual is
, of the masc. gender, without ت, irreg., like أَلْيَانِ dual of أَلْيَةٌ, and خُصْيَتَانِ also, this latter being sometimes used, though rarely, both mentioned by ISh: AO says, I have heard خُصْيَة, with damm, but I have not heard
, with kesr; and I have heard
[as the dual], though they did not use
خُصْىٌ as the sing.; IB, however, cites exs. of this last as a sing.: AA says that الخُصْيَتَانِ signifies the two testicles; and
, the two skins [which compose the scrotum, i. e.,] in which are the two testicles; citing an ex. in which the latter dual is used in this sense; and ISk says the like; whereas IKoot makes الخُصْيَةُ to signify [the scrotum, i. e.] the skin containing the testicle.
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