فلح

فَلَحٌ ذ A fissure, or crack, in the under lip; (T, K;) [or] ↓ فَلَحَةٌ has this meaning; (S;) or signifies the place of such a fissure or crack: (L:) [or the former is a coll. gen. n.; and the latter, its n. un.:] that which is in the upper lip is termed عَلَمٌ: (T, TA:) or فَلَحٌ signifies a fissure, or crack, in the lip: or, in the middle of the lip, less than what is termed عَلَمٌ: or a slitting, or cracking, in the lip, such as happens to the lips of the [ Africans called ] زَنْج. (L.) ― -b2- [And] The having the under lip slit, or cracked. (S. [App. an inf. n. of which the verb is ↓ فَلِحَ: like as it is of فَلِحَت said of the under lip as mentioned above.]) -A2- See also فَلَاحٌ.