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ذقن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the chin and jaw area of the face. It extends to related concepts like the throat, the act of striking the chin, and descriptive terms for things that hang or droop.

Derived headwords

ذَقْنnoun
  1. 1.
    A person's chin: the meeting point of their two jaws.both

    A person's chin: the meeting point of their two jaws.

ذَقَنverb
  1. 1.
    A person's chin: the meeting point of their two jaws.both

    A person's chin: the meeting point of their two jaws.

ذقنته: ضربت ذقنه — I struck his chin.
ذَاقِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    prominent part of the throatclassical

    The protruding part of the throat, specifically the Adam's apple area.

  2. 2.
    lower abdomenclassical

    The lower part of the belly.

ذَقُونadjective
  1. 1.
    hanging chinclassical

    Describing a camel that lets its chin hang low while walking.

  2. 2.
    droopingclassical

    Describing something that hangs or droops, like a bucket.

ذَقَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to have a slanted edgeclassical

    Used for a bucket that has been sewn such that its rim is slanted or uneven.

وقد ذقنت بالكسر، إذا خرزتها فجاءت شفتها مائلة — And it became slanted when you sewed it, so its lip came out uneven.

Parallel reading

ذقن الإنسان: مجمع لحييه.
The chin of a human: the meeting place of their jaws.
مثقل استعان بذقنه
A burdened one sought help from his chin
يضرب لرجل ذليل يستعين برجل آخر مثله.
It is said about a lowly man seeking help from another man like him.
وأصله البعير يحمل عليه الحمل الثقيل فلا يقدر على النهوض فيعتمد بذقنه على الأرض.
And its origin is a camel carrying a heavy load, unable to rise, so it rests its chin on the ground.
ذقنته: ضربت ذقنه.
I struck his chin.
والذاقنة: طرف الحلقوم الناتئ.
And the dhāqinah: the protruding part of the throat.
لألحقن حواقنك بذواقنك
I will surely attach your throats to your chins.
وقال أبو زيد: الذواقن: أسفل البطن.
And Abu Zayd said: The dhawāqin: the lower abdomen.
وناقة ذقون: ترخي ذقنها في السير.
And a dhūqūn camel: she lets her chin hang low while walking.
ودلو ذقون.
And a dhūqūn bucket.
وقد ذقنت بالكسر، إذا خرزتها فجاءت شفتها مائلة.
And it became slanted when you sewed it, so its lip came out uneven.