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خَدٌّ

Root: خد

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خَدٌّ , of the masc. gender only, and خُدَّةٌ , with damm, but the latter is rare, The cheek; the part extending from the circuit of the eye (المَحْجِر [in the CK المِحْجَن]) to the part where the beard grows, on either side of the face: or from the outer angle of each eye to the extremity of the side of the mouth: or the part bordering upon the nose, on either side: each of the خَدَّانِ, in the face: pl. of the former خُدُودٌ: it has no other pl.
2 The former is also sing. of خُدُودٌ meaning The planks on the right and left of the دَفَّتَانِ [or two boards that lie against the camels' sides] of the [vehicles termed] هَوَادِج and غُبُط: or خَدٌّ signifies the plank (صَفِيحَة) of the هَوْدَج: and the pl. is أَخِدَّةٌ, [a pl. of pauc., but] contr. to rule, and خِدَادٌ and خِدَّانٌ.
3 Also A side, or lateral portion, of a [tract of high and rugged ground such as is termed] قُفّ.
4 And An assembly, a company, or a congregated body, of men: a rank, or class, of men: and a race, or generation, of men. You say, رَأَيْتُ خَدًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ I saw a rank, or class, of men. And قَتَلْنَا, or قَتَلَهُمْ, خَدًّا فَخَدًّا, We slew, or he slew them, rank after rank, and class after class. And مَضَىَ خَدٌّ مِنَ النَّاسِ A race, or generation, of men passed away.

def.2 A road.
2 See also أُخْدُودٌ, in four places.
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