Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَحْسًى

Root: حسو

Full Definition

مَحْسًى [The mouth; lit. the place of supping, or sipping]. One says of him who is short, هُوَ قَرِيبُ المَحْسَى مِنَ المَفْسَى [He has the mouth near to the anus].


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