الفَنِيكُ

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الفَنِيكُ The مَجْمَع [or part in which is the symphysis] of the لَحْيَانِ [or two lateral portions of the lower jaw], in the middle of the chin, of a man; this is when the word is used in the sing. form; (Lth, O; [see also الفَكُّ;]) and it is also called الإِفْنِيكُ ; [and in like manner Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee explained what is meant by the upper فَنِيك as is stated by IF and in the O:] or the extremity [of each] of the لَحْيَانِ, at the place of the عَنْفَقَة [or tuft of hair that is between the lower lip and the chin;] also called الإِفْنِيكُ ; but Ks knew not this: or the فَنِيكَانِ are the two extremities of the عَنْفَقَة: or the sing. signifies a bone [beneath the temple,] to which the shaving of the head reaches (عَظْمٌ يَنْتَهِى إِلَيْهِ حَلْقُ الرَّأْسِ): and accord. to Lth, the dual signifies the two extremities of the [lower] jaw, of whatever has a jaw, that move in the act of chewing, below the temples: or, accord. to Sh, the two thin, rising bones, [app. the two coronoid processes of the jaw,] lower than the ears, between the temple and the ball of the cheek. The lower فَنِيك is [app. The symphysis of the pubes; being] said by Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee to be the part where the two hip-bones meet together: [hence, perhaps, and therefore it may be erroneously,] the فنيك is said by AA to be the root, or base, of the tail: and it signifies, as also الإِفْنِيكُ , the زِمِكَّى, or زِمِجَّى, [i. e. the place of growth, or the root, or the whole, of the tail, of a bird, or] of a young bird; as they assert; but IDrd says, “ I will not pronounce it to be correct: ” and the dual signifies two bones cleaving together: when, in the female pigeon, they are broken, she does not retain her eggs [sufficiently], but excludes them prematurely.

def.2 See also فَنَكٌ.

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