عُلْعُلٌ
Root: عل
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عُلْعُلٌ
and عَلْعَلٌ The رَهَابَة [or ensiform cartilage, or lower extremity of the sternum], which is the portion of the bone that impends over the belly, resembling a tongue: or the head of the
رَهَابَة
of the horse: or the extremity of the rib that impends over the
رَهَابَة, which is the extremity of the stomach: pl. علل [so in my original, perhaps
عُلُلٌ ,] and
عُلٌّ and
[all of which are anomalous].
2 And The male of the قَنَابِر, the male قُنْبُر [or lark]; as also عَلْعَالٌ . In some one or more of the copies of the S, الذَّكَرُ مِنَ القَنَافِذِ is erroneously put for الذكر من القَنَابِرِ.
3 And The membrum virile, or the penis, or the جُرْدَان, when in a state of distention: or such as, when in a state of distention, does not become hard, or strong.
2 And The male of the قَنَابِر, the male قُنْبُر [or lark]; as also عَلْعَالٌ . In some one or more of the copies of the S, الذَّكَرُ مِنَ القَنَافِذِ is erroneously put for الذكر من القَنَابِرِ.
3 And The membrum virile, or the penis, or the جُرْدَان, when in a state of distention: or such as, when in a state of distention, does not become hard, or strong.
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