يَعْسُوبٌ
Root: عسب
Full Definition
2 And hence,
3 Also
4 And A certain flying thing, smaller than the locust; or larger; and having a long tail: or a certain flying thing, longer than the locust, that does not contract its wings when it alights; to which a horse is likened for the slenderness of its body: or a kind of moth, or the like, (فَرَاشَةٌ,) of a greenish colour, that flies in the [season called] رَبِيع. [Golius explains it as “ Insectum oblongum, quaternis pennis volucre, mordella Gazæ, seu orsodacna Aristot. ” ]
5 And A species of حَجَل [or partridge].
6 And A blaze, or white mark, on a horse's face, of a long shape, terminating before it extends as far as the upper parts of the nostrils; or extending upwards along the bone of the nose, wide and straight, until it reaches the lower part of the even portion of the forehead, whether it be little or much, if it do not reach as far as the eyes: or a white line, or stripe, of the blaze, extending downwards until it touches the fore part of the nose and mouth.
7 And A دَائِرَة [or what we term a feather] in the part of the flank of a horse where the rider strikes it with his foot: but Az says that this is a mistake, and that the correct meaning is that given above on the authority of A'Obeyd.
8 The ى in يَعْسُوبٌ is augmentative; because there is no Arabic word of the measure فَعْلُولٌ except صَعْفُوقٌ.
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