qawlanj

colic

قَوْلَنْج

Word

Noun

Root

ق و ل ن ج

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وقيل: البطنة تورث الصداع والكمنة في العينين والضربان في الأذنين والقولنج في البدن، فعليك أيها الإنسان بالطريقة الوسطى واتق الليل وطعامه جهدك.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry
  • قُوْلَنْجٌ colic
    , (Msb, * K,) with fet-h to the ل, (Msb,) and sometimes قَوْلِنْجٌ, with kesr to the ل, or thus and قُولِنْجٌ, i. e. with kesr to the ل and with fet-h and damm to the ق, (K,) a foreign word, (TA,) [from the Greek kwliko\s The colic;] a certain painful intestinal disease, in which the egress of the feces and wind is attended with difficulty; (K;) a violent griping in the intestine called the colon. (Msb.)

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