Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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معن معى مغث


مِعًى

مِعًى A narrow, depressed place (See طَأْطَاءٌ.)

Root: معى - Entry: مِعًى Signification: A2

بَنَاتٌ مِعًى The بَعْر. (T in art. بنى.)

Root: معى - Entry: مِعًى Signification: A3

المِعَى المُسْتَقِيمُ The rectum.


الأَمْعَاءُ

الأَمْعَاءُ i. q. الأَقْصَابُ; (AO: see voce قِتْبٌ;) the guts; i. e. bowels, or intestines, into which the food passes from the stomach: الحَشَا is the name of all the places of the food; and in the belly are the أَعْفَاج and the أَقْتَاب, to which the food passes after the stomach, and these are the lower امعاء; and all these are called the قُصْب: the حَوَايَا are all the امعاء that wind, or take a coiled, or circular, form. (Zj, in his “Khalk el-Insán.”)

Root: معى - Entry: الأَمْعَاءُ Signification: A2

أَمْعَآءُ: see a tropical signification (water-holes) of this pl. voce حَوِيَّةُ.


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