دَأْىٌ
Root: دأى
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دَأْىٌ
and
and
دُئِىٌّ , the last said by IB, on the authority of As, to be pl. of [the n. un.]
دَأْيَةٌ , of the measure فُعُولٌ, [originally دُؤُوىٌ,] The vertebræ of the
كَاهِل [or withers ] and of the back: or the cartilages of the breast: or the ribs thereof, where it meets the side: or
signifies the ribs of [i. e. within] the shoulderblade, three on either side; sing.
دَأْيَةٌ : or
دَأْيَةٌ , or دَأْىٌ, signifies the part of the camel against which lies the [piece of wood called] ظَلِفَة
of the saddle, and which is [often] galled thereby: or دَأْىٌ is the pl. [or coll. gen. n.] of
دَأْيَةٌ , and signifies the vertebræ of the withers, in the part between the two shoulder-blades, of the camel, peculiarly; and the pl. [of دَأْيَةٌ] is
: or the دأيات are the vertebræ of the neck: or the vertebræ of the spine: or the two ribs next to the
وَاهِنَتَانِ are called the دَأْيَتَانِ: AZ says that the Arabs knew not the term دأيات in relation to the neck, but they knew it in relation to the ribs, as signifying six [ribs] next to the stabbing-place of the camel, three on either side; and this is correct: [and it is said in the L, in art. جنح, that دَأْىٌ signifies the ribs of the back, of a man, which are called the
جَوَانِح, pl. of جَانِحَةٌ, six in number, three on the right and three on the left:] the pl. of دَأْىٌ [or rather the quasi-pl. n.] is دَئِىٌّ, like as ضَئِينٌ is of ضَأْنٌ, and مَعِيزٌ of مَعْزٌ: and, accord. to IB, دُئِىٌّ is a pl. of
دَأْيَةٌ , as mentioned above, meaning the vertebræ of the neck.
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