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حنك
Root entry · 1 derived lemma2 حنّكهُ حنك حنكه حنكة , inf. n. تَحْنِيكٌ, He rubbed his حَنَك [i. e. palate, or soft palate, ] (K, TA) so as to make it bleed: (TA:) or he stuck a piece of wood, or stick, into his (a beast's) upper حَنَك, or the extremity of a horn, so as to make it bleed; because of something happening therein. (Az, TA.) ― -b2- See also 1, in three places. ― -b3- Also He turned the piece of cloth [ forming part of the grave-clothing ] beneath his (a corpse's) حَنَك, i. e., the part beneath his chin. (Mgh.) [See also المِحْنَكُ, below.]
Derived headwords
حنّكهُverb
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