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لِيتٌ ذ The side of the neck: (S, K:) or the ليتَانِ are the lower parts of the two sides of the neck, upon which the earrings hang down, behind the two projections of the jaw-bones that are beneath the ear: or the parts of the neck beneath the earrings: or the places upon which the cuppinginstrument is applied; المَحْجَمَتَانِ: pl. أَلْيَاتٌ and ليتة [but whether the latter be لِيتَةٌ or لِيَتَةٌ is not shown]. (TA.) ― -b2- أَصْغَى لِيتًا He inclined the side of his neck. (TA, from a trad.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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