معى

no verb forms · 2 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 1

Derived nouns 2

Nounمِعًى3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a narrow, depressed place; the rectumgenerated

A narrow, depressed place. See طَأْطَاءٌ.

1.1the بَعْر—بَنَاتٌ مِعًى

Mentioned in the T under the article بنى.

1.2the rectum—المِعَى المُسْتَقِيمُ

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A narrow, depressed place (See طَأْطَاءٌ .) بَنَاتٌ مِعًى The بَعْر . (T in art. بنى .) المِعَى المُسْتَقِيمُ The rectum.

Nounالأَمْعَاءُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the guts, the bowels or intestinesgenerated

1the guts, that is, the bowels or intestines, into which the food passes from the stomach—الأَقْصَابُ

The same in meaning; according to AO, see قِتْبٌ.

Zj, in his “Khalk el-Insán”: الحَشَا is the name of all the places of the food; 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 of these are called the قُصْب; the حَوَايَا are all the امعاء that wind, or take a coiled or circular form.

1.1

أَمْعَآءُ: for a figurative meaning of this plural, namely water-holes, see حَوِيَّةُ.

Show Lane's original text

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