قُرْحَةٌ
Root: قرح
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قُرْحَةٌ
A disease that attacks camels, consisting in
قُرُوح [or purulent pustules] in the mouth, in consequence of which the lip hangs down; not scab, or mange. [See also قَرْحٌ, near the end.]
def.2 Also A غُرَّة [meaning star, or blaze, or white mark,] in the middle of the forehead of a horse: or what is less than a غُرَّة in the face of a horse: or it is a whiteness in the forehead of a horse of the size of a dirhem, or smaller than it; whereas the غُرَّة is larger than a dirhem: or what is like a small dirhem between a horse's eyes: or any whiteness, in the face of a horse, which stops short of reaching the place of the halter upon the nose; differently distinguished in relation to its form, as being round, or triangular, or four-sided, or elongated, or scanty: [and it is also applied to a white mark upon the face of the common fly: (see قَدُوحٌ:) the pl. is قُرَحٌ, like غُرَرٌ.]
2 [Hence] one says, هُوَ قَرْحَةُ أَصْحَابِهِ i. e. غُرَّتُهُمْ [meaning
3 And [hence, likewise,] قُرْحَةٌ signifies also
4 See also قُرْحٌ.
def.2 Also A غُرَّة [meaning star, or blaze, or white mark,] in the middle of the forehead of a horse: or what is less than a غُرَّة in the face of a horse: or it is a whiteness in the forehead of a horse of the size of a dirhem, or smaller than it; whereas the غُرَّة is larger than a dirhem: or what is like a small dirhem between a horse's eyes: or any whiteness, in the face of a horse, which stops short of reaching the place of the halter upon the nose; differently distinguished in relation to its form, as being round, or triangular, or four-sided, or elongated, or scanty: [and it is also applied to a white mark upon the face of the common fly: (see قَدُوحٌ:) the pl. is قُرَحٌ, like غُرَرٌ.]
2 [Hence] one says, هُوَ قَرْحَةُ أَصْحَابِهِ i. e. غُرَّتُهُمْ [meaning
3 And [hence, likewise,] قُرْحَةٌ signifies also
4 See also قُرْحٌ.
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