Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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عنف عنفق عنق


عَنْفَقٌ

عَنْفَقٌ Lightness, (IDrd, O, Ḳ,) and paucity, (IDrd, O,) of a thing. (IDrd, Ḳ, TA. [In the O, المَشْى is erroneously put for الشَّىْءِ.]) Hence is derived the word here following. (O, Ḳ.)


عَنْفَقَةٌ

عَنْفَقَةٌ A few hairs between the lower lip and the chin: (Lth, O, Ḳ:) or the hairs of the fore part of the lower lip; (T, TA;) the [tuft of] hair of the lower lip; (Mgh;) or the hair that grows upon [or beneath] the lower lip: or the part between the lower lip and the chin; because of the lightness of its hair: or the part between the chin and the edge of the lower lip, whether there be on it hair or not: pl. عَنَافِقُ. (TA.) بَادِى العَنْفَقَةِ means A man bare of hair (Mgh,* O, TA) in the place, (Mgh, TA,) or in the two sides, (O,) of the عنفقة. (Mgh, O, TA.)


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