عَضَادٌ
Root: عضد
Full Definition
عَضَادٌ
and عَضَادٍ A woman thick and ugly in the
عَضُد [or upper arm]: or, as some say, short. And the former, applied to a man and to a woman, signifies Short: or this epithet is applied to a woman, and
عَضُدٌ and
عَضِدٌ and
عَضْدٌ are applied in this sense to a man. And عَضَادٍ, [in the CK and my MS. copy of the K عَضَادٌ, but it is] like رَبَاعٍ, applied to a boy, or young man, Short, compact, of moderate dimensions, firm in make.
2 نَاقَةٌ عَضَادٌ A she-camel that does not come to the watering-trough, or tank, to drink, until it is left to her unoccupied; that cuts herself off from the other camels: such is also termed قَذُورٌ.
2 نَاقَةٌ عَضَادٌ A she-camel that does not come to the watering-trough, or tank, to drink, until it is left to her unoccupied; that cuts herself off from the other camels: such is also termed قَذُورٌ.
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