النَّحْرُ
Root: نحر
Full Definition
النَّحْرُ
, or نَحْرُ الصَّدْرِ, The uppermost part of the breast, or chest; as also
: or the place of the collar or necklace: or that part of the breast or chest which is the place of the collar or necklace; so accord. to A'Obeyd: (TA, art. ترب:) which is also called
المَنْحَرُ : or the breast or bosom or chest itself: or النُّحُورُ, the pl., is also applied to the breasts or chests: and النَّحْرُ, or
المَنْحَرُ , also signifies the part in which a camel is stabbed, or stuck; (A, TA; where the windpipe (حُلْقُوم) commences, in the uppermost part of the breast: or the place where the
هَدْى [or animal brought as an offering to Mekkeh or to the Kaabeh or to the Haram, such as a camel, cow, bull, sheep, or goat, to be sacrificed,] &c., is stabbed, or stuck: or the place, in the throat, where a beast is stabbed, or stuck: نَحْرٌ is masc., only: [or sometimes fem.: see an ex., voce تَرِبَ:] its pl. is نُحُورٌ, only: and the pl. of
is مَنَاحِرُ.
def.2 نَحْرٌ also signifies
def.3 Also, قَعَدَ فُلَانٌ فِى نَحْرِ فُلَانٍ
def.2 نَحْرٌ also signifies
def.3 Also, قَعَدَ فُلَانٌ فِى نَحْرِ فُلَانٍ
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