لَحْىٌ
Root: لحى
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لَحْىٌ
[not لَحًى] The jaw-bone; either upper or lower: and, in a man, the part on which the beard grows.
2 And sometimes Either lateral portion of the lower jaw: see ذَقَنٌ, and الفَنِيكُ.
2 And sometimes Either lateral portion of the lower jaw: see ذَقَنٌ, and الفَنِيكُ.
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