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شدق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَشْدَقُ ذ A man wide in the شِدْق: (M:) or a man wide in the شِدْقَانِ: (Mgh, Msb:) or wide in the شِدْق, and inclining therein in any manner: (TA:) fem. شَدْقَاآءُ: (M, K:) and pl. شُدْقٌ: (K:) and ↓ شَدْقَمٌ and ↓ شَدْقَمِىٌّ signify the same as أَشْدَقُ; the م being augmentative, as in فُسْحُمٌ and سُتْهُمٌ; or, accord. to IJ, it is radical: (M, TA:) whence, i. e. from شَدْقَمٌ in the sense expl. above, (I 'Ab, TA,) one says also ↓ شِدْقٌ شَدْقَمٌ, meaning a wide شدق: (I 'Ab, M, TA:) and شَفَةٌ شَدْقَاآءُ means a lip wide in the part where each شِدْق is cleft [ by the extremity of the mouth ]. (M, TA.) ― -b2- It is also applied as an epithet to an orator, (S, M, K, TA,) meaning Eloquent; (M, K, TA;) good and eloquent in speech; (M, * TA;) and so ↓ شَدْقَمٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَشْدَقُ
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شَفَةٌ شَدْقَاآءُ