عفل
1 عَفِلَتْ,
aor. ـَ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. عَفَلٌ, (
Msb,) said of a woman, (
Msb,
K,) and of a she-camel, (
K,) or of any female, (
Msb,) She had a certain thing, (
Msb,
K,) called عَفَلٌ and عَفَلَةٌ, (
K.) come forth in her vulva, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia] of a man. (
Msb,
K.)
A2: عَفَلَهُ He felt his (i. e. a ram's) عَفْل [
q. v.] in order to see what was his state of fatness. (
TA.) 2 عَفَّلْتُهَا, (
O,)
inf. n. تَعْفِيلٌ, (
O,
K,) I attributed to her the having what is termed عَفَلٌ. (
O,
K. *)
b2: And تَعْفِيلٌ signifies also The curing what is termed عَفَلٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K.) One says, عفّل المَرْأَةَ He cured the woman's [عَفَل or] عَفَلَة. (
TK.) عَفْلٌ [in the
CK (erroneously) عَفَل] The part of a sheep or goat, (
Ks,
S,
O,) or of a ram, (
K,) which is the place where it is felt, (
Ks,
S,
O,) between its hind legs, (
Ks,
S,) to know whether it be fat or lean. (
Ks,
S,
O,
K. *)
b2: And The fat of the testicles of a ram, with what is around it. (
IF,
K.)
b3: And Abundance of the fat of what is between the hind legs of the he-goat and of the bull; seldom or never used except in relation to the gelded (
K,
TA) of these two; and not used in relation to the female. (
TA.)
b4: And The perinæum; or line between the anus and the penis. (
K.) عَفَلٌ A certain thing that comes forth in the vulva of a woman and of a camel, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia (in the
TA the أُدْرَة in the خُصْيَة)] of men; as also ↓ عَفَلَةٌ: (
S,
O,
K: [the latter word is said in the
Msb to be the
subst. from عَفِلَتْ,
q. v.:])
accord. to
IAar, a certain excrescence of flesh in the vulva of a woman; also called قَرْن: [but see this word;] (
Az,
Msb,
TA;) they say that it is not in the virgin, but only in the woman after childbirth: (
Msb:) so says Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee: (
TA:) and it is said to be a swelling between the مسْلَكَانِ [or vagina and rectum] of a woman, by reason whereof her vulva is contracted so as to prevent initus: (
Msb:)
accord. to
IDrd. it is, in men, a thickness that arises in the anus; and in women, a thickness in the رَحِم [here meaning vulva], and so in beasts. (
TA.) عَفَلَةٌ: see عَفَلٌ.
b2: Also The بُظَارَة [
q. v.] of a woman: so
accord. to
IAar. (
TA.) عَفَالِ, [indeed.] like قَطَامِ, an expression of reproach, (
O,
K,) addressed to a woman:
K:) one says to a female slave, يَا عَفَال [as though meaning O thou that hast what is termed عَفَلٌ or عَفَلَةٌ]. (
O.) عَافِلٌ One who wears short clothes over such as are long. (
IAar,
O,
K.) أَعْفَلُ A ram having much fat of the خُصْيَة [i. e. testicle, or scrotum], by reason of plumpness. (
TA.)
b2: And [the
fem.] عَفْلآءُ A woman having what is termed عَفَلَةٌ (
S,
O,
Msb,
K) or عَفَلٌ. (
S,
O,
K.) It is said in a trad of
I'Ab that the selling, and giving in marriage, of such is not allowable. (
TA.)
b3: And شَفَةٌ عَفْلَآءُ [in the
CK (erroneously) عَفْلاة] A lip that becomes inverted on the occasion of laughing. (
O,
K.)
