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قص

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قُصَاصُ الشَّعَرِ ذ and ↓ قِصَاصُهُ and ↓ قَصَاصُهُ, (S, M, A, Mgh, K,) of which three forms the first is the most common, (S,) The part where the growth of the hair terminates, (As, S, M, A, * Mgh, K,) in the fore part and the hind part (As, S, M) of the head; (M;) or in the fore part or the hind part; (K;) or in the fore part of the head and around it; (A;) or in the fore part of the head or around it; (Mgh;) or in the middle of the head: (TA:) or the extremity of the back of the neck: (M, TA:) or the whole circuit [ of the hair ], behind and before and around; and one says also الشَّعَرِ ↓ قُصَاصَةُ: (TA:) and الشَّعَرِ ↓ مَقَصُّ, of which the pl. is مَقَاصُّ, signifies the same as قُصَاصُهُ; (As, TA;) or the part where it is taken with the scissors: (TA:) القُصَاصُ also signifies the place along which the scissors run in the middle of the head: (M, K:) or the extremity of the back of the neck: (K:) or the part where the growth of the hair terminates (K, TA) in the fore part of the head; or in the fore part and the hind part thereof; as before explained. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also, عَضَّ بِقُصَاصِ كَفَّيهْهِ, meaning, (tropical:) He bit the extremities of his two hands, where they meet together. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

قُصَاصُ الشَّعَرِ
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عَضَّ بِقُصَاصِ كَفَّيهْهِ