عُذْرَةٌ
Root: عذر
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عُذْرَةٌ
The virginity, maidenhead, or hymen; syn. بَكَارَةٌ, or قِضَّةٌ; so called from عَذْرٌ signifying the “ act of cutting, ” because a girl's hymen (خَاتَمُ عُذْرَتِهَا) is rent when she is devirginated; العُذْرَةُ being that whereby a girl is a virgin: [and
عُذْرٌ perhaps signifies the same: (see an ex. voce أَرِيمٌ; and see also the next sentence here following:)] pl. عُذَرٌ.
2 And Devirgination of a girl [or woman]: [and عُذْرٌ is used in the same sense:] one says, فُلَانٌ أَبُو عُذْرِهَا and ابو عُذْرَتِهَا
3 And The [part in the external organs of generation of a girl or woman termed] بَظْر [q. v.]; the place of a girl where the operation of circumcision is performed: so called from عَذْرٌ signifying the “ act of cutting. ” [See also العَاذُورُ.]
4 And The prepuce of a boy: so accord. to Lh, who does not say whether it be so called before or after it has been cut off: said by others to be the portion of skin which the circumciser cuts off.
5 And Circumcision; syn. خِتَانٌ. One says, دَنَا وَقْتُ عُذْرَةِ الصَّبِىِّ The time of the circumcision of the boy drew near.
6 And A sign, or mark; syn. عَلَامَةٌ; as also عُذْرٌ . See also عِذَارٌ, last quarter.
7 And The hair upon the withers of a horse: and, accord. to As, a lock, or small quantity, of hair: and the نَاصِيَة [or forelock of a horse]; the hair of the نَاصِيَة of a horse: or, accord. to some, the mane of a horse: pl. عُذَرٌ: which is said by some to mean hairs [extending] from the back of the head to the middle of the neck: and, as pl. of عُذْرَةٌ, a sign, mark, or token, that is tied to the forelock of a horse that outstrips, [as a preservative] from the [evil] eye.
8 And العُذْرَةُ is the appellation of Five stars at the extremity of the Milky Way: or, as some say, below Sirius, and also called , [app. the star e of Canis Major with four other neighbouring stars,] which rise [aurorally] in the midst of the heat: and, as some say, العُذْرَةُ is a star at the time of the [auroral] rising of which the heat becomes intense; [app. the star h of Canis Major ;] it rises [aurorally, in Central Arabia, in the latter part of July O. S.,] after Sirius and before Canopus, and is accompanied with intense heat, without wind, taking away the breath.
9 Also (i. e. العُذْرَةُ) Pain in the fauces, [arising] from the blood; as also , or ; or pain of the fauces, in a part near the uvula, [arising] from the blood: it is said to be a small swelling, or pustule, that comes forth in the خَرْم [app. meaning the uvula, as being a projection from the soft palate,] which is between the fauces and the nose: it is incident to children, at the time of the [auroral] rising of العُذْرَة, i. e. the star that rises after Sirius, mentioned above; and on the occasion thereof, a woman has recourse to a piece of rag, which she twists tightly, and inserts into the nose so as to pierce that place, whereupon there issues from it black blood, and sometimes it becomes ulcerated; and this piercing is called الدَّغْرُ: then they suspended to the child some such thing as the [amulet termed] عُوذَة. (TA. [See 1 in art. دغر.])
10 It also signifies The place of the pain above mentioned, which is near the uvula.
2 And Devirgination of a girl [or woman]: [and عُذْرٌ is used in the same sense:] one says, فُلَانٌ أَبُو عُذْرِهَا and ابو عُذْرَتِهَا
3 And The [part in the external organs of generation of a girl or woman termed] بَظْر [q. v.]; the place of a girl where the operation of circumcision is performed: so called from عَذْرٌ signifying the “ act of cutting. ” [See also العَاذُورُ.]
4 And The prepuce of a boy: so accord. to Lh, who does not say whether it be so called before or after it has been cut off: said by others to be the portion of skin which the circumciser cuts off.
5 And Circumcision; syn. خِتَانٌ. One says, دَنَا وَقْتُ عُذْرَةِ الصَّبِىِّ The time of the circumcision of the boy drew near.
6 And A sign, or mark; syn. عَلَامَةٌ; as also عُذْرٌ . See also عِذَارٌ, last quarter.
7 And The hair upon the withers of a horse: and, accord. to As, a lock, or small quantity, of hair: and the نَاصِيَة [or forelock of a horse]; the hair of the نَاصِيَة of a horse: or, accord. to some, the mane of a horse: pl. عُذَرٌ: which is said by some to mean hairs [extending] from the back of the head to the middle of the neck: and, as pl. of عُذْرَةٌ, a sign, mark, or token, that is tied to the forelock of a horse that outstrips, [as a preservative] from the [evil] eye.
8 And العُذْرَةُ is the appellation of Five stars at the extremity of the Milky Way: or, as some say, below Sirius, and also called , [app. the star e of Canis Major with four other neighbouring stars,] which rise [aurorally] in the midst of the heat: and, as some say, العُذْرَةُ is a star at the time of the [auroral] rising of which the heat becomes intense; [app. the star h of Canis Major ;] it rises [aurorally, in Central Arabia, in the latter part of July O. S.,] after Sirius and before Canopus, and is accompanied with intense heat, without wind, taking away the breath.
9 Also (i. e. العُذْرَةُ) Pain in the fauces, [arising] from the blood; as also , or ; or pain of the fauces, in a part near the uvula, [arising] from the blood: it is said to be a small swelling, or pustule, that comes forth in the خَرْم [app. meaning the uvula, as being a projection from the soft palate,] which is between the fauces and the nose: it is incident to children, at the time of the [auroral] rising of العُذْرَة, i. e. the star that rises after Sirius, mentioned above; and on the occasion thereof, a woman has recourse to a piece of rag, which she twists tightly, and inserts into the nose so as to pierce that place, whereupon there issues from it black blood, and sometimes it becomes ulcerated; and this piercing is called الدَّغْرُ: then they suspended to the child some such thing as the [amulet termed] عُوذَة. (TA. [See 1 in art. دغر.])
10 It also signifies The place of the pain above mentioned, which is near the uvula.
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