القَمَحْدُوَةُ
Root: قمحد
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القَمَحْدُوَةُ
What is behind the head; (S, in art. قحد; and Msb;) that is to say, the [occiput or] hinder part of the back of the head; i. e., the surface between the
ذُؤَابَة [here app. meaning the hair that surrounds the round part of the head] and what is termed
فَأْسُ
القَفَا [or the small protuberance above the back of the neck]: also, the protuberance above the back of the neck, between the
ذُؤَابَة [see above] and the back of the neck, sloping down from the
هَامَة [or middle, or crown, or top, of the head]; it is the part of the head which touches the ground when a man lies on his back: also, the upper part of the back of the head: or that part of the bone of the head which projects over the back of the neck; the
هامة
being above it; and the
قَذَال, below it, next the part of the back of the neck that is between the ears: pl. قَمَاحِدُ and قَمَاحِيدُ and قَمَحْدُوَاتٌ. Accord. to J and AHei, the م is an augmentative letter; but others hold it to be a radical; and F says, that J's mentioning this word in art. قحد requires consideration.
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