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ذقن

1 ذَقَنَهُ ذ , (JK, S, A, K,) aor. ذَقُنَ , (JK,) inf. n. ذَقْنٌ, (TK,) He struck his ذَقَن [or chin]: (JK, S, A, K:) or he struck him on the back of his neck, or on his head at the part next the back of the neck, with the inside of his hand; syn. قَفَدَهُ. (K, TA. [In the CK, erroneously, فَقَدَهُ.]) And He struck him, or beat him, with a staff, or stick. (JK.) ― -b2- ذَقَنَ عَلَى يَدِهِ, (K,) or على عَصَاهُ, (JK, K,) He put his ذَقَن [or chin] upon his hand, or upon his staff, or stick, (JK, K, TA,) and leaned [upon it]: (TA:) and ذَقَنَ بِسَوْطِهِ [He leaned his chin upon his whip]: (TA:) as also ↓ ذَقَّنَ . (K.) -A2- ذَقِنَتِ الدَّلْوُ, (JK, S, K,) aor. ذَقَنَ , (JK, K,) inf. n. ذَقَنٌ, (JK,) The bucket was, or became, such as is termed ذَقُونٌ (S, K) or ذَقْنَآءُ. (JK.) 2 ذَقَّنَ see the preceding paragraph. 3 ذاقنهُ ذ He straitened him. (K.) 4 اذقن ذ is said by Golius, as on the authority of the KL, to signify Opem tulit in tollenda re: but the word explained in the KL as signifying the doing this is the inf. n. of ازقن, not of اذقن.] ذِقْنٌ ذ A decrepit, old and weak, or extremely aged, man. (K.) ذَقَنٌ ذ [The chin;] the place where the لَحْيَانٌ [here meaning the two lateral portions of the lower jaw] combine, (JK, S, Msb, K,) at their lower part: (K:) it is of a man (S, Msb) [and of a beast]: also pronounced with kesr (ISd, K) to the ذ [i. e. ↓ ذِقَنٌ ]: (TK:) of the masc. gender, (Lh, K,) only: (Lh, TA:) pl. أَذْقَانٌ, (Msb, K,) a pl. of pauc.; and the pl. of mult. is ذُقُونٌ. (Msb.) Hence, (K,) مُثْقَلٌ ا@سْتَعَانَ بِذَقَنِهِ [A heavily-burdened, or overburdened, camel sought to help himself to rise by means of his chin]: (S, M, K:) a prov., applied to a low, base, or mean, and weak man, who seeks to help himself by means of another man like himself; (S;) or to him who seeks to help himself by means of one who has no power of defending, and by means of one more low, base, or mean, and weak, than he: (M:) or to him who seeks to help himself by means of one less than he: (K:) originating from the fact that a camel laden with a heavy load, and unable to rise, bears with his chin upon the ground. (S, K.) You say also, خِرُّوا لِأَذْقَانِهِمْ [They fell down prostrate, with their chins to the ground: see the Kur xvii. 108 and 109]: and [hence,] عَصَفَتْ رِيحٌ فَخَرَّتِ الأَشْجَارُ لِلْأَذْقَانِ (tropical:) [A wind blew violently, so that the trees fell, or bent themselves down to the ground]: (A in art. خر:) and هَبّتِ الرِّيحُ فَكَبَّتِ الشَّجَرَ عَلَى أَذْقَانِهَا (tropical:) [The wind blew, and overturned, or threw down, or bent down, the trees]: and, of a stone, كَبَّهُ السَّيْلُ لِذَقَنِهِ (tropical:) The torrent overturned it. (TA.) ― -b2- The hair that grows upon the chin: used in this sense by the vulgar; and said by Esh-Shiháb El-Khafajee, in the “ Shifá el-Ghaleel, ” to be post-classical: Z says, in the “ Rabeea el-Abrár, ” that it signifies the beard in the language of the Nabathæans. (TA.) ذِقَنٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence. ذَقَنَى ذ : see the paragraph next following. ذَقُونٌ ذ A she-camel that relaxes her chin [so as to make her lower lip hang down] in going along: (S, K:) or that moves about her head in going along: (JK:) or that stretches her steps, and moves about her head, by reason of strength, and briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, in going along: (A, TA:) pl. ذُقُنٌ: (TA:) and ↓ ذَاقِنَةٌ , applied to a she-camel, signifies the same as ذَقُونٌ. (IAar, TA.) ― -b2- دَلْوٌ ذَقُونٌ (assumed tropical:) A bucket [of leather] which one has sewed in such a manner that its lip inclines on one side: (S, K:) or a large bucket inclining on one side: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and ↓ ذَلْوٌ ذَقَنَى a bucket with an inclining lip: (IB, TA:) and ↓ دَلْوٌ ذَقْنَآءُ a bucket that has had an addition made to one of its two sides, and consequently inclines on one side. (JK.) الذَّاقِنَةُ ذ The part beneath the ذَقَن [or chin]: (K:) or the part, of the breast, that is reached by the ذَقَن: or the ذَقَن [itself]: (TA:) or the head of the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe]: (K:) or the prominent extremity of the حلقوم: (S, K:) thus explained by A'Obeyd and AA in the saying of 'Áïsheh, “ [The Prophet died] between my حَاقِنَة and my ذَاقِنَة: ” (TA: [see الحَاقِنَةُ:]) or the تَرْقُو=ة [ or collar-bone; or it may here mean the fore part of the throat, next the chest; or the uppermost part of the chest]: (K:) but this, in the M, is an explanation of الحَاقِنَةُ: (TA:) or the lower part of the belly, next the navel: (K:) but this, also, is given as an explanation of الحاقنة, by ISd and by Z: (TA:) or the pit of the uppermost part of the breast, or chest: or the upper part of the belly: (K:) and the stomach: (JK:) pl. ذَوَاقِنُ. (S, TA.) [See also الحَاقِنَةُ.] Hence the prov., لَأُلْحِقَنَّ حَوَاقِنَكَ بَذَوَاقِنِكَ [explained in art. حقن]: الذَّوَاقِنُ, accord. to Az, means the lower part of the belly. (S.) -A2- See also ذَقُونٌ. أَذْقَنٌ ذ A man long in the ذَقَن [or chin]: and so [the fem.] ذَقْنَآءُ applied to a woman. (K.) ― -b2- And A man having the two sides of the mouth inclining, or wry. (JK.) ― -b3- And [hence, app.,] ذَقْنَآءُ, (K, TA,) applied to a woman, by way of comparison, (TA,) (tropical:) Having the جَهَاز [or pudendum] inclining, or wry. (K, TA.) ― -b4- دَلْوٌ ذَقْنَآءُ: see ذَقُونٌ.

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