Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَفَكُّ

Root: فك

Full Definition

أَفَكُّ , or أَفَكُّ المَنْكِبِ, One whose مَنْكِب [here meaning shoulder-bone] has become unknit, or loosened, (اِنْفَرَجَ,) from its joint, in consequence of weakness and flaccidity. (S, K. * [See also مَفْرُوكٌ.])
2 And رَجُلٌ أَفَكُّ [A man having the jaw broken]. (TA. [There expl. as signifying مَسْكُورُ الفَكِّ; a mistranscription, for مَكْسُورُالفَكِّ: see فَكَكٌ, last sentence.])

def.2 See also الفَكُّ.


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