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قذ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَقَذٌّ ذ The part between the two ears, behind: (M, * L, K:) one says, اـِنَّهُ لَلَئِمُ المَقَذَّيْنِ Verily he is vile in the part between the two ears, behind, and حَسَنُ المقذّين, goodly in that part; though a man has but one مَقَذّ: also, the base of the ear: (M, L:) and the place where the hair of the head ends, between the two ears, behind: (S:) the part of the back of the head where the growth of the hair ends: (M, L, K:) or the part of the back of the head where the hair is cut with the shears: (M, L:) and the part where the hair ends, behind and before: (L:) or the place where the head is set upon the neck: its proper signification is a place of cutting: and therefore it may mean the place where the hair ends, at the back of the neck: or the place where the head ends; which is the place where it is set upon the neck. (A.)

Derived headwords

مَقَذٌّ
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اـِنَّهُ لَلَئِمُ المَقَذَّيْنِ
حَسَنُ المقذّين