بضع
Root: بضع
4 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
بضع baḍa‘a a (baḍ‘) to cut, slash or slit open (هـ s.th.); to cut up, carve up, dissect, anatomize ( s.th.); to amputate (surg.) II to cut up, carve up, dissect, anatomize III to sleep (ها with a woman) IV to invest capital (هـ) profitably in a commercial enterprise V pass. of n; to trade; to shop, make purchase X to trade 61
Entry 2
بضع baḍ‘ amputation
Entry 3
بضع biḍ‘ (commonly, with genit. pl. of f. nouns, بضعة with genit. pl. of m. nouns; in classical Arabic بضع with both genders) some, a few, several
Entry 4
بضع buḍ‘ vulva
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