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جحفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَحْفَلَةٌ جحفل جحفله جحفلة The lip (S, K) of a solid-hoofed animal, (Sudot;,) [i. e.,] of a horse, a mule, and an ass: (K:) and metaphorically applied to that of a man, which is properly termed شَفَةٌ: (TA:) not, as some assert, peculiarly the upper lip: (MF:) pl. جَحَافِلُ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) جَحْفَلَتَانِ, (TA,) Two callosities (رَقْمَتَانِ) in the two arms of the horse, (K,) resembling two marks made with a hot iron, facing each other, in the inner side of each arm. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جَحْفَلَةٌ
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