Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَوْقَصُ

Root: وقص

Full Definition

أَوْقَصُ A man short in the neck; naturally so: or having the neck inclining and short: fem. وَقْصَآءُ.

def.2 خُدْ أَوْقَصَ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ Take thou the nearer of the two ways: or shorter thereof.


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