عَذْرَآءُ

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عَذْرَآءُ A virgin: used as an epithet: you say جَارِيَةٌ عَذْرَآءُ a virgin girl: and اِمْرَأَةٌ عَذْرَآءُ, meaning ذَاتُ عَذْرَةٍ: accord. to IAar alone, so called لِضِيقِهَا, from تَعَذَّرَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ: pl. عَذَارَى and عَذَارٍ [with the art. العَذَارِى, and thus written in the S and O and K] and عَذْرَاوَاتٌ, like صَحَارَى [&c.].
2 [Hence,] العَذْرَآءُ [The sign Virgo;] the sign السُّنْبُلَةُ: or الجَوْزَآءُ [which is an evident mistake].
3 And العَذَارَى Certain stars, described above: see عُذْرَةٌ, latter half.
4 And أَصَابِعُ العَذَارَى A sort of grapes, black and long, like acorns; likened to the dyed fingers of virgins.
5 And دُرَّةٌ عَذْرَآءُ A pearl not bored.
6 And رَمْلَةٌ عَذْرَآءُ A sand upon which one has not trodden nor ridden, because of its height.
7 And العَذْرَآءُ A kind of collar by means of which the hands, or arms, are confined together with the neck: or such as is put upon the throat of a man and has not been put upon the neck of any one before: or a thing of iron by means of which a man is tortured in order to make him confess an affair, or the like; as, for instance, for the purpose of extorting property &c.: pl. عَذَارَى. [Compare the term “ maiden ” applied to an instrument for beheading.]
8 Also a name of [El-Medeeneh,] the City of the Prophet: because of its not having been abased.

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