الذقن

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the chin and the area around it. It extends to describe a person's appearance, specifically a long chin, and also metaphorical uses related to support or burden, and even specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الذَّقَنnoun

1.
chinboth
The part of the face below the lower lip, including the jaw.
2.
elderly personclassical
An old, weary man.

ذَقَنnoun

1.
chinboth
The part of the face below the lower lip, including the jaw.

أَذْقَانnoun

1.
chinsboth
Plural of ذَقَن (chin).

الذَّاقِنَةnoun

1.
under the chinboth
The area beneath the chin.
2.
top of the throatclassical
The upper part of the throat.
3.
collarboneclassical
The bone connecting the sternum to the shoulder blade.
4.
upper abdomenclassical
The upper part of the abdomen.

ذَقَنَهُverb

1.
to strike the chinboth
To hit someone on the chin.
2.
to supportclassical
To lean on one's chin for support.

تَذَقَّنَverb

1.
to lean onboth
To place one's chin on one's hand or a stick for support.

ذَقُونadjective

1.
drooping chinclassical
Describing a female camel that lets its chin hang low while walking.
2.
long-lipped bucketclassical
Describing a bucket whose lip is extended or drooping.

ذَقَنَتْverb

1.
to have a drooping lipclassical
Said of a bucket whose lip is slanted or drooping after being stitched.

كِتَابnoun

1.
mountainclassical
A mountain named Dhqan.

صَاحِبnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A place in Aleppo.

صَاحِبَةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, likely related to the previous entry.

ضَايَقَهُverb

1.
to troubleboth
To cause someone distress or difficulty.

الذَّقْنَاءadjective

1.
long-chinned womanboth
A woman with a long chin.

أَذْقَنadjective

1.
long-chinned manboth
A man with a long chin.

ذُقُنnoun

1.
long chinclassical
Plural of الذقناء, referring to those with long chins.

Parallel reading

الذَّقَن، بالكسر: الشيخ الهم

Al-dhaqan, with kasra: the weary elder.

وبالتحريك: مجتمع اللحيين من أسفلهما

And with haraka: the meeting place of the two jaws from below them.

مثقل استعان بذقنه

A burdened one sought help with his chin.

يضرب لمن استعان بأذل منه

It is used for one who seeks help from someone more abject than himself.

وأصله البعير يحمل عليه ثقل، ولا يقدر ينهض، فيعتمد بذقنه على الأرض

And its origin is a camel burdened with weight, unable to rise, so it rests its chin on the ground.

والذاقنة: ما تحت الذقن

And al-dhāqinah: what is beneath the chin.

أو رأس الحلقوم

Or the top of the throat.

أو طرفه الناتئ

Or its protruding tip.

أو الترقوة

Or the collarbone.

أو أسفل البطن مما يلي السرة

Or the lower abdomen near the navel.

أو ثغرة النحر

Or the hollow of the throat.

أو أعلى البطن

Or the upper abdomen.

وذقنه: قفده، أو ضرب ذقنه

And dhaqnahu: to support it, or to strike his chin.

وعلى يده أو على عصاه: وضع ذقنه عليها، كذقن

And upon his hand or upon his stick: he placed his chin on it, like dhiqn.

وناقة ذقون: ترخي ذقنها في السير

And a dhūqūn camel: she lets her chin hang while walking.

ودلو ذقون، وقد ذقنت، كفرح: إذا خرزتها فجاءت شفتها مائلة

And a dhūqūn bucket, and it became dhqanat, like fariha: if you stitched it and its lip came out slanted.

ككتاب: جبل

Like kitāb: a mountain.

وكصاحب: ة بحلب

And like ṣāḥib: a place in Aleppo.

وكصاحبة: ع

And like ṣāḥibah: a place.

وذاقنه: ضايقه

And dhāqanahu: he troubled him.

والذقناء: المرأة الطويلة الذقن

And al-dhaqnā’: the woman with a long chin.

وهو أذقن

And he is adhqan (long-chinned).

والمائلة الجهاز ج: ذقن، بالضم

And the one with a slanted structure, pl.: dhqun, with damma.