ع • ف • ل

, aor. عَفَلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَفَلٌ, (Msb,) said of a woman, (Msb, K,) and of a she-camel, (K,) or of any female, (Msb,) She had a certain thing, (Msb, K,) called عَفَلٌ and عَفَلَةٌ, (K.) come forth in her vulva, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia] of a man. (Msb, K.) -A2- عَفَلَهُ He felt his (i. e. a ram's) عَفْل [q. v.] in order to see what was his state of fatness. (TA.)

, (O,) inf. n. تَعْفِيلٌ, (O, K,) I attributed to her the having what is termed عَفَلٌ. (O, K. *) And تَعْفِيلٌ signifies also The curing what is termed عَفَلٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) One says, عفّل المَرْأَةَ He cured the woman's [عَفَل or] عَفَلَة. (TK.)

A ram having much fat of the خُصْيَة [i. e. testicle, or scrotum], by reason of plumpness. (TA.) And [the fem.] عَفْلاءُ A woman having what is termed عَفَلَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) or عَفَلٌ. (S, O, K.) It is said in a trad of I'Ab that the selling, and giving in marriage, of such is not allowable. (TA.) And شَفَةٌ عَفْلَاءُ [in the CK (erroneously) عَفْلاة] A lip that becomes inverted on the occasion of laughing. (O, K.)

One who wears short clothes over such as are long. (IAar, O, K.)

, [indeed.] like قَطَامِ, an expression of reproach, (O, K,) addressed to a woman: K:) one says to a female slave, يَا عَفَال [as though meaning O thou that hast what is termed عَفَلٌ or عَفَلَةٌ]. (O.)

A certain thing that comes forth in the vulva of a woman and of a camel, resembling the أُدْرَة [or scrotal hernia (in the TA the أُدْرَة in the خُصْيَة)] of men; as also ↓ عَفَلَةٌ: (S, O, K: [the latter word is said in the Msb to be the subst. from عَفِلَتْ, q. v.:]) accord. to IAar, a certain excrescence of flesh in the vulva of a woman; also called قَرْن: [but see this word;] (Az, Msb, TA;) they say that it is not in the virgin, but only in the woman after childbirth: (Msb:) so says Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee: (TA:) and it is said to be a swelling between the مسْلَكَانِ [or vagina and rectum] of a woman, by reason whereof her vulva is contracted so as to prevent initus: (Msb:) accord. to IDrd. it is, in men, a thickness that arises in the anus; and in women, a thickness in the رَحِم [here meaning vulva], and so in beasts. (TA.)

: see عَفَلٌ. Also The بُظَارَة [q. v.] of a woman: so accord. to IAar. (TA.)

[in the CK (erroneously) عَفَل] The part of a sheep or goat, (Ks, S, O,) or of a ram, (K,) which is the place where it is felt, (Ks, S, O,) between its hind legs, (Ks, S,) to know whether it be fat or lean. (Ks, S, O, K. *) And The fat of the testicles of a ram, with what is around it. (IF, K.) And Abundance of the fat of what is between the hind legs of the he-goat and of the bull; seldom or never used except in relation to the gelded (K, TA) of these two; and not used in relation to the female. (TA.) And The perinæum; or line between the anus and the penis. (K.)