سَوْءَة

sawo'apN * The Eaworap [or pudendum ], (S, Mgh, Msb,) i. e. (Msb) the faroj [which means the same, or the external portion of the organs of generation ], (Lth, M, IAth, Msb, K,) of a man, and of a woman: (Lth, Msb, TA:) and the anus: (Az and TA in art. swY :) dual sawo'ataAni : and pl. sawoA=tN : so called because its becoming exposed to men displease [or shames] the owner thereof; (Msb;) or because of its unseemliness. (Ham p. 510.) In the Kur vii. 19, for sawoA=tihimaA , some read sawaAtihimaA ; and some, saw~aAtihimaA . (Bd.) ― -b2- In the Kur v. 34, it means The dead body, or corpse; (Bd, Jel;) because it is deemed unseemly to be seen. (Bd.) ― -b3- Accord. to IAth, the former is the primary signification: and hence it is transferred to denote Any saying, or action, of which one is ashamed when it appears: (TA:) any evil, bad, abominable, foul, or unseemly, saying or action; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ sawoA='u : (M:) any disgracing action or thing: (Lth, TA:) an evil, abominable, or unseemly, property, quality, custom, or practics; (K, TA;) as also ↓ sawoA='u , or ↓ sawo'aY ; (accord. to different copies of the K; [the latter perhaps fem. of ↓ A^asowaA^u like the former, of the same class as dafoA^aY and danoA^aY , or fem. of ↓ sawoA=nu , like EaTo$aY fem. of EaTo$aAnu ;]) or so both of these; (TA;) or so ↓ sawo'apN sawoA='u : (S:) [or this last means a property, &c., that is very evil &c.] One says, sawo'apF lifulaAnK May a disgracing action or thing befall such a one; [or disgrace, or shame, to such a one; ] using the accus. case because it is an expression of reviling and imprecation. (Lth, TA.) [See also say~iy^apN and suwo'aY .] ― -b4- ↓ Als~awo'apu Als~awo'aY [or ↓ Als~awo'apu Als~awoA='u ] also means The contrarious wife or woman. (TA.)