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عَكْنَآءُ

Root: عكن

Full Definition

عَكْنَآءُ A girl, or young woman, having creases, or wrinkles, in her belly, originating from fatness; as also مُعَكَّنَةٌ .
2 And A she-camel thick in the teats and in the flesh of the udder; and in like manner a ewe or goat.
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