حَجَاجٌ
Root: حج
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حَجَاجٌ
and
حِجَاجٌ The surrounding bone of the eye, upon [the upper part of] which grows the eyebrow; the bone that surrounds the cavity of the eye, upon [the upper part of] which grows the hair of the eyebrow: it is said in a trad. that a female hyena and her young ones were within the حجاج of the eye of an Amalekite: or the [supra-orbital] bone upon which grows the hair of the eyebrow; the bone that projects over the cavity of the eye: or the upper bone, beneath the eyebrow: of the mase. gender: pl. [of pauc.] أَحِجَّةٌ and [of mult.]
حُجُجٌ , deviating from a general rule, accord. to which a sing. of the measure to which this belongs does not assume this form of pl. because the reduplication is disapproved: also, by poetic license, حَوَاجِجُ, contr. to rule, for حَوَاجُّ. The expression فِى
حَجَا حَاجِبٍ ضَمْرٍ is used by poetic license for فى حَجَاجِ حاجب ضمر.
2 [Hence,] both words also signify
3 Also, [hence,] both words,
2 [Hence,] both words also signify
3 Also, [hence,] both words,
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