الدِّمَاغُ

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الدِّمَاغُ a word of which the signification is well known; [The brain;] the marrow of the head; or the stuffing of the head: or [app. a mistake for “and” ] أُمُّ الهَامِ or أُمُّ الرَّأْسِ or [in one copy of the K “and”] أُمُّ الدِّمَاغِ is a thin skin, like a pouch, in which it is contained: [these three terms, امّ الهام and امّ الرأس and امّ الدماغ, appear all to signify the meninx; (see أُمٌّ;) but the first and second of them seem to have been mistaken by the author or transcribers of the K for different explanations of الدَّمَاغُ:] the pl. [of pauc.] is أَدْمِغَةٌ and [of mult.] دُمُغٌ.

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