رجب

رَاجِبَةٌ ذ sing. of رَوَاجِبُ; (S, K;) or, accord. to Kr, the sing. of this latter is ↓ رُجْبَةٌ [also mentioned as a sing. in the K]; but the correctness of this is doubted: (TA:) the رواجب are The finger-joints that are next to the ends of the fingers: (S, K:) next to these are the بَرَاجِم: then, the أَشَاجِع, which are next to the كَفّ: (S:) or the joints of the lowest parts (أُصُول) of the fingers: (K: [by which is meant the same as by the former explanation, accord. to the TA; though this seems to be more than doubtful:]) or the inner sides of those joints: or the bones of the fingers: (K:) or the finger-joints: (A, K:) or the backs of the سُلَامَيَات [generally meaning the phalanges of the fingers ]: or the parts of the سُلَامَيَات between the بَرَاجِم; (K;) which last word [commonly signifies the knuckles, and] is explained by IAar as signifying the wrinkled parts at the joints of the fingers; whereof each finger has three, except the thumb: or the رواجب are the parts, of the inner sides, between the finger-joints: or [the knuckles next the metacarpal bones; i. e.] the parts that protuberate at the roots of the fingers when the hand is clinched. (TA.) [See also بُرْجُمَةٌ, and أَشْجَعُ.] ― -b2- The رَاجِبَة of a bird is The toe that is next to the دَابِرَة [or back toe ], on the outer side of each foot. (Lth, TA.) ― -b3- رَوَاجِبُ الحِمَارِ The veins (عُرُوق) of the passages of the voice of the ass. (IAar, K.)