Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَفِلَتْ

Root: عفل

Form: 1

Full Definition

عَفِلَتْI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَفَلٌ, said of a woman, and of a she-camel, or of any female, She had a certain thing, called عَفَلٌ and عَفَلَةٌ, come forth in her vulva, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia] of a man.

def.2 عَفَلَهُ He felt his عَفْل [q. v.] in order to see what was his state of fatness.


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