الفَكُّ

Root: فك

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الفَكُّ The لَحْى [meaning jaw; and also either of the two lateral portions of the lower jaw], i. e. each of the لَحْيَانِ; as also : or this latter signifies the مَجْمَع [or part in which is the commissure] of the خَطْم [generally meaning muzzle]; as also الفَكُّ; that is, [the part in which is the symphysis] of the فَكَّانِ [or two lateral portions of the lower jaw]: [see الفَنِيكُ:] and الفَكَّانِ is said to mean the place [on either side with that on the other side] where the two jaws meet [and are articulated] next the temple, above and below; of a human being and of a horse or the like: and, in the Bári', or in the T, the place of meeting of the two sides of the mouth (مُلْتَقَى الشِّدْقَيْنِ) on both sides: [but this last explanation is strange, and app. little known:]) pl. فُكُوكٌ. One says, مَقْتَلُ الرَّجُلِ بَيْنَ فَكَّيْهِ [which may be best rendered The man's slayer is between his two jaws, or two lateral portions of his lower jaw]; meaning the man's tongue: a prov., in which مقتل may be [properly] an Verbal.Noun, or a noun of place, or an Verbal.Noun used in the place of an act. part. n.: accord. to the third of these explanations, [which most nearly denotes the meaning intended,] it is as though one said, قَاتِلُ الرَّجُلِ بَيْنَ فَكَّيْهِ. See also فَكَكٌ.

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