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الحَاذُ

Root: حوذ

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الحَاذُ and حَاذُ المَتْنِ The part of the back of a horse that is beneath the لِبْد [or saddle-cloth]; i. e. the middle thereof; as also الحَالُ and حَالُ المَتْنِ: also the line along the middle of the back of a man; but الحاذ is more approved in this sense: and الحاذ signifies also the back of a man; like الحال: pl. أَحْوَاثٌ. [Hence,] خَفِيفُ الحَاذ ‡ A man light of back; as also خَفِيفُ الحَالِ; meaning having little property: and also having a small family to maintain: or having little property and a small family to maintain: like خَفِيفُ الظَّهْرِ. and كَيْفَ حَاذُكَ and حَالُكَ † [lit. How is thy back? meaning, thy state, or condition?]. حَاذٌ and حَاذَةٌ both signify † A state, or condition; like حَالٌ and حَالَةٌ, which are the more approved words. You say, هُمَا وَاحِدَةٍ †They are both in one state, or condition.
1 الحَاذَانِ The parts of the backs of the two thighs against which the tail falls, on this side and on that: or the parts of the two thighs of a beast that faces one when he stands behind it: and two portions of flesh in the outer sides of the two thighs of a man &c.; or the hinder parts of the two thighs: pl. آحَاذٌ. They say, أَنْقَعُ اللَّبَنِ مَاوَلِىَ حَاذَىِ النَّاقَةِ [The most thirst quenching of milk is that which is next to the hinder parts of the two thighs of the she-camel]: i. e., when it is fresh-drawn, without her having been previously sucked by a young one. (TA. [But the first word, there, is انفع, which I regard as a mistranscription.])


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