جُؤْجُؤٌ

Root: جأ

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جُؤْجُؤٌ The breast (صَدْر, Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán, ” S, K, TA) of a human being, and of a bird, and of a ship: or the sternum, or breast-bone: or the middle of the breast: or the part where the heads of the bones of the breast come together; as in the Nh and M: pl. جَآجِئُ. An Arab is related to have said, مَا أَطْيَبَ جُوذَابَ الأَرُزِّ بِجَآجِئِ الإِوَزِّ [How delicious is جوذاب of rice with the breasts of geese!]. And you say, شَقَّتِ السَّفِينَةُ بِجُؤْجُؤِهَا [The ship clave the water with her breast].

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