نُقْرَةٌ
Root: نقر
Full Definition
2 Hence, The place where the قَمَحْدُوَة [or occiput] ends, in the back part of the neck; i. e., the hollow in the back of the neck; what is called نُقْرَةُ القَفَا; i. e., the hollow where the brain ends: the cupping in that part occasions forgetfulness: [and any similar hollow as the pit of the stomach: and a dimple: accord. to present usage; and in this sense it is used in the A, K, and TA, voce فَحْصَةٌ
3 The cavity, or socket, of the eye.
4 Foramen and; syn. ثَقْبُ الاِسْتِ: but in the L it is said that نُقْرَةُ الوَرِكِ signifies the hole, or perforation, that is the middle of the haunch; [app. meaning the sacro-ischiatic foramen: see الفَائِلُ, in art. فيل: but perhaps it may sometimes mean the socket of the thigh-bone; for نُقْرةٌ signifies any socket of a bone.]
5 The little spot [or embryo] upon the back of a date stone, which is as though it were hollowed. and from which the palm-tree grows forth: as also and نِقْرٌ and . You say, مَا أَثَابَهُ نُقْرَةٌ, and , lit., [He did not reward him] with even a little spot on the back of a date-stone; meaning,
lit., [And the people, after thee, are not worth] a little spot on the back of a date-stone; meaning, لَبْسُوا بَعْدَكَ فِى شَىْءٍوَلَيْسَ النَّاسُ بَعْدَكَ فِى
6 The place in which a bird lays its eggs: pl. نُقَرٌ.
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