بُرْجُمَةٌ
Root: برجم
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بُرْجُمَةٌ
(in the Ham p. 352 بُرْجُمٌ) is the sing. of بَرَاجِمُ and بُرْجُمَاتٌ; and signifies [A knuckle, or finger-joint;] the outer, or the inner, joint, or place of division, of the fingers: and the middle toe of any bird: or بَرَاجِمُ signifies all the finger-joints; as also رَوَاجِمُ [a mistranscription for رَوَاجِب]: or the parts of the fingers that are protuberant when one clinches his hand: or the backs of the finger-bones: or the finger-joints that are between the
أَشَاجِع
and the
رَوَاجِب; i. e. [the middle knuckles; (see أَشْجَعُ and رَاجِبَةٌ;)] the heads of the
سُلَامَيَات, on the back, or outer side, of the hand, which become protuberant when one clinches his hand: or, as in the Kf, the heads of the
سلاميات; and their inner and outer sides are termed the رَوَاجِب: accord. to the T, the wrinkled parts at the joints of the fingers; the smooth portion between which is called رَاجِبَةٌ: or, as in another place, in the backs of the fingers; the parts between them being called the رَوَاجِب: in every finger are three
بُرْجُمَات, except the thumb: or, as in another place, in every finger are two of what are thus termed: it is also explained as signifying the joints in the backs of the fingers, upon which the dirt collects. The phrase الأَخْذُ بِالبَرَاجِمِ, meaning The seizing
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