qulfa

foreskin, prepuce

قُلْفَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُعْلَة

Root

ق ل ف

Forms

Plural
قُلَف

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • قَلَّفَ Form II Open entry
    see 8.
  • اقْتَلَفَ الظُّفْرَ Form VIII He pulled out the finger-nail by the root
    He pulled out the finger-nail by the root: (Lth, TA:) and so ↓ قَلَّفَهُ, accord. to a usage of its pass. part. n. in the T, art. ظفر.
  • قُلْفَةٌ prepuce of the clitoris
    [also The prepuce of the clitoris of a woman;] a piece of flesh between the شُفْرَانِ of a woman, which is cut off in circumcision. (Msb,) voce بَظْرٌ.)
  • أَقْلَفُ Open entry
    has also for pl. قُلْفَانٌ: see أَعْرَمُ.

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