عُثْنُونٌ
Root: عثن
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عُثْنُونٌ
Small long hairs under the part beneath the lower jaw of the camel: [pl. عَثَانِينُ:] one says بَعِيرٌ ذُو عَثَانِينَ [a camel having such small long hairs], like as they said, for the مَفْرِق of the head, مَفَارِقُ. And The beard: or the portion thereof that extends beyond the two sides of the cheeks: or the portion that grows upon the chin and beneath it, downwards: or length of the beard: or the portion of the beard that depends form the chin: and عُثْنُونُ اللِّحْيَةِ signifies the extremity of the beard. And Certain small hairs at the part in which the he-goat is slaughtered. And The رَعْثَة [or wattle] of the cock. (S and K in art. رعث, q. v.)
2 Also The first of wind and of rain; so says [the Imám] Aboo- Haneefeh: or rain generally: or rain while it is between the heaven and the earth: pl. عَثَانِينُ: AZ says that العَثَانِينُ signifies the rain that is between the clouds and the earth; like السَّبَلُ: sing. عُثْنُونٌ: and عُثْنُونُ السَّحَابِ signifies the clouds that have fallen upon the earth: and عَثَانِينُ السَّحَابِ the pendent skirts of the clouds: and عُثْنُونُ الرِّيحِ the trail of the wind when it comes drawing along the dust: pl. as above. And The first of anything.
2 Also The first of wind and of rain; so says [the Imám] Aboo- Haneefeh: or rain generally: or rain while it is between the heaven and the earth: pl. عَثَانِينُ: AZ says that العَثَانِينُ signifies the rain that is between the clouds and the earth; like السَّبَلُ: sing. عُثْنُونٌ: and عُثْنُونُ السَّحَابِ signifies the clouds that have fallen upon the earth: and عَثَانِينُ السَّحَابِ the pendent skirts of the clouds: and عُثْنُونُ الرِّيحِ the trail of the wind when it comes drawing along the dust: pl. as above. And The first of anything.
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