فَلِكٌ
Root: فلك
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فَلِكٌ
A slave having a buttock like the
فَلْكَة [or whirl] of a spindle in shape; resembling the Zenj; [for] the buttocks of the Zenj are round: or large in the buttocks. And it is said to signify Thick, or coarse of make, in the joints: and loose in the bones; or weak, loose in the bones, and flaccid; thus expl. by Ibn-'Abbád: and having a pain in his patella (فِى فَلْكَةِ رُكْبَتِهِ).
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