Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَمَاةٌ

Root: حمو

Full Definition

حَمَاةٌ : see حَمٌ.

def.2 Also The muscle (عَضَلَة) of the سَاق [which means the shank of a human being, and, properly speaking, the corresponding part of a horse and the like]: an elevated piece of flesh in the inner side of the ساق: As says, in the ساق of the horse are the حَمَاتَانِ, which are the two pieces of flesh that are in the side of the ساق, appearing like two sinews, in the outer side and the inner side: or, accord. to ISh, they are the two elevated pieces of flesh in the half of each ساق, in the outer side: or, accord. to ISd, the two compact pieces of flesh in the upper portion of the outer side of each ساق: pl. حَمَوَاتٌ.


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