أَفْلَجُ
Root: فلج
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أَفْلَجُ
, or أَفْلَجُ الأَسْنَانِ, applied to a man, and فَلْجَآءُ الأَسْنَانِ applied to a woman, for the teeth must be mentioned, [but MF disputes this,] and الأَسْنَانِ, applied to a man, accord. to one reading of a trad., Having the teeth separate, one from another: or, distant, or wide apart, one from another: or having the medial and lateral incisors distant, one from another, or wide apart. [See also أَفْرَقُ.] And الثَّنَايَا A man having an interstice between the middle pair of teeth; as also الثَّنَايَا; contr. of
مُتَرَاصُّ
الثَّنَايَا. And
مُتَفَلِّجَةٌ A woman that makes open spaces between her front teeth, for the purpose of improving their appearance. And ثَغْرٌ أَفْلَجُ
Front teeth that are separate, or distant, or wide apart, one from another; and
مُفَلَّجٌ signifies the same [app. when they are rendered so artificially: see فَلَجٌ].
2 And أَفْلَجُ applied to a man, Having a crookedness, or curvature, [or bowing outwards,] in the arms: when it is in the legs, the person is termed أَفْحَجُ: or wide between the arms: or wide between the paps; which last explanation is said in the K to be erroneous; but he who is wide between the paps is also wide between the arms.
3 هِنٌ أَفْلَجُ A vulva, of a woman, whereof the labia majora are wide apart.
4 فَرَسٌ أَفْلَجُ A horse having the prominent parts of the haunch-bones wide apart.
2 And أَفْلَجُ applied to a man, Having a crookedness, or curvature, [or bowing outwards,] in the arms: when it is in the legs, the person is termed أَفْحَجُ: or wide between the arms: or wide between the paps; which last explanation is said in the K to be erroneous; but he who is wide between the paps is also wide between the arms.
3 هِنٌ أَفْلَجُ A vulva, of a woman, whereof the labia majora are wide apart.
4 فَرَسٌ أَفْلَجُ A horse having the prominent parts of the haunch-bones wide apart.
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