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عَرَكِىٌّ

Root: عرك

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عَرَكِىٌّ : see عَرَكٌ, in two places.

def.2 عَرَكِيَّةٌ A vitious, or an immoral, or unrighteous, woman; or an adulteress, or a fornicatress.
2 And A thick, gross, coarse, or rude, woman; as also عَرَكَانِيَّةٌ . (K, TA. [The latter thus expl. in the O, and, as is said in the TA, on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád: in my MS. copy of the K written عَرْكَانِيَّةٌ; and in the CK, عَرَنِيَّة.])
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