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ردغ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَرْدَغَةٌ ذ A رَوْضَة [i. e. meadow, or garden, ] that is beautiful, or goodly; or that is beautiful in appearance, exciting admiration, and satisfying the eye: (IAar, K:) and so مَرْغَدَةٌ. (TA.) -A2- Also sing. of مَرَادِغُ, which signifies The parts between the neck and the collar-bone: (S, K;) also called the بَاآدِل. (S.) And The portion of flesh [or muscle ] between the وَابِلَة of the كَتِف [i. e. the extremity in which is the glenoid cavity of the shoulder-blade, or the muscle of the shoulderblade, ] and the heads of the ribs of the breast: (IAar, K:) or the مَرَادِغ are [the parts ] beneath the two collar-bones, on each side of the breast. (TA.) And you say نَاقَةٌ ذَاتُ مَرَادِغَ (K) and جَمَلٌ ذُو مَرَادِغَ (TA) meaning A fat she-camel (K) and he-camel: (TA:) ISh says, when the camel is satisfied by abundance of herbage, he has مرادغ in his belly and upon the upper parts of his shoulder-blades, i. e. accumulated fat thereon, like hares lying down; but when he is not fat, there is no ↓ مَرْدَغ there. (TA.) مَرْدَغَةُ العُنُقِ means A portion of flesh [or a muscle, app. of a camel,] upon the hinder side of the rising part from the middle of the عَضُد [or humerus ] to the elbow: or, as some say, the flesh of the breast. (TA.) And مَرَادِغُ السَّنَامِ means The fat that adjoins the مَأْنَة [q. v., of the hump ]: (JK, Ibn- 'Abbád, TA:) sing. مَرْدَغَةٌ. (JK.)

Derived headwords

مَرْدَغَةٌ
  1. 1.
نَاقَةٌ ذَاتُ مَرَادِغَ
جَمَلٌ ذُو مَرَادِغَ
مَرْدَغَةُ العُنُقِ
مَرَادِغُ السَّنَامِ