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يفخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the soft spot on a baby's head, the fontanelle. It also discusses the etymological origin and pluralization of this term, suggesting a connection to the root 'أفخ'.

Derived headwords

اليَافُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    fontanelleboth

    The soft spot on the top of a baby's head where the skull bones have not yet fused.

يَوَافِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    fontanellesboth

    The plural form of 'al-yāfūkh', referring to the soft spots on a baby's head.

Parallel reading

اليافوخ: ملتقى عظم مقدم الرأس ومؤخره
The fontanelle: the meeting point of the front and back bones of the skull.
وهو مذكور في الهمزة
And it is mentioned in the chapter on 'hamza'.
لم يشجعنا على وضعه في هذا الباب إلا أنا وجدنا جمعه يوافيخ
Nothing encouraged us to place it in this chapter except that we found its plural to be 'yawāfīkh'.
فاستدللنا بذلك على أن ياءه أصل
And we inferred from that that its 'yā' is original.
وقد ذكرناه نحن في أفخ
And we have mentioned it in (the root) 'afkh'.