صدغ

صُدْغٌ ذ [The temple; i. e.] the part between the eye and the ear; (S, O, K;) the part between the outer angle of the eye and the root (أَصْل) of the ear; (A, Msb;) the part of the head that slopes down to the place of attachment of the jaws; as expl. by AZ, it is [ from ] the place of juncture between the لحية [app. a mistranscription for لَحْى i. e. jaw, agreeably with the explanation next preceding,] and [ the main portion of ] the head, to the part beneath the قَرْن [which is the temporal ridge ]; (TA;) each of what are termed the صُدْغَانِ: (AZ, A, TA:) ISd mentions also ↓ صُدُغ, as occurring in poetry, and expresses a doubt whether it be, or be not, peculiar to poetry: (TA:) and sometimes they said سُدْغٌ, with س: Ktr says that certain persons of the Benoo-Temeem, called Bel'ambar [a contraction of Benu-l-'Ambar], change س into ص [or use these two letters indiscriminately] when followed by any of the letters ط and ق and غ and خ, whether the latter be second or third or fourth; saying سِرَاطٌ and صِرَاطٌ, and بَسْطَةٌ and بَصْطَةٌ, and سَيْقَلٌ and صَيْقَلٌ, &c.: (S, O:) the pl. is أَصْدَاغٌ (S, O, Msb, TA, [in all except the Msb mentioned after the signification expl. in the next sentence, and properly a pl. of pauc.,]) and also أَصْدُغٌ [which is probably used only as a pl. of pauc.]. (TA.) ― -b2- And (tropical:) The hair that hangs down upon the place above-mentioned. (S, O, Msb, K.) One says صُدْغٌ مُعَقْرَبٌ (tropical:) [ A curled lock of hair hanging down upon the temple ]. (S, O, TA.)