جِيدٌ
Root: جيد
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جِيدٌ
, of the measure فِعْلٌ, or it may be originally of the measure فُعْلٌ, The neck: said by Sh to be used only in praise; and عُنُقٌ, in dispraise; the use of the former in the Kur exi. being ironical; but accord. to Esh-Shiháb, the contr. is often the case: generally applied to that of a woman: or the part of the neck upon which the necklace lies: or its fore part: pl. [of pauc.] أَجْيَادٌ and [of mult.] جُيُودٌ. لَيِّنَةُ الأَجْيَادِ means A female soft in respect of the neck; as though the term جِيدٌ applied to each distinct part of the neck, and the pl. denoted the whole neck.
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