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حُدَلِقَةٌ

Root: حدق

Full Definition

حُدَلِقَةٌ (mentioned in the K in art. حدلق) A large حَدَقَة [or black of the eye]: a meaning which shows the ل to be augmentative: or some part of the body that is unknown: one says, أَكَلَ الذِّئْبُ مِنَ الشَّاةِ الحُدَلِقَةَ [the wolf ate, of the sheep, or goat, the حدلقة]: A'Obeyd says, it is some part of the body thereof, but I know not what it is: or the eye: so says Lh; and so Kr: As heard an Arab of the desert, of the Benoo-Saad, say that it means its غَلْصَمَة [or epiglottis].
2 عَيْنٌ حُدَلِقَةٌ An eye of which the ball, or globe, is prominent, or large and prominent; or of which the black is prominent; syn. جَاحِظَةٌ.


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