عَجْبٌ
Root: عجب
Full Definition
عَجْبٌ
: see عَجَبٌ, in two places:
def.2 and see also عُجْبٌ.
def.3 Also The root, or base, of the tail: or the part of the root, or base, of the tail, of any beast, which the haunch encloses, and which is inserted in the hinder part of the rump: or the root, or base, and bone, of the tail: also called the عُصْعُص [q. v.]: or it is the head of the عُصْعُص: or the upper part of the عُصْعُص: or the external extremity of the spine; and the عُصْعُص is its internal extremity: (Az, L voce قُحْقُحٌ:) it is said in a trad., that every part of a man will become consumed, except the عَجْب, or the عَجْب of the tail, accord. to different relations; from which [as a rudiment] he was created, and upon which he will [at the resurrection] be put together: i. e. the bone at the lower, or lowest, part of the spine, at the rump; which is the عَسِيب of beasts: it is said to be like a grain of mustard-seed: or, as Z says in the “ Fáïk, ” it is the bone that is between the buttocks: it is also pronounced عُجْبٌ ; and accord. to MF, عِجْبٌ , but no one else says this: and, as El-Khafájee says, it is also called عَجْمٌ and عُجْمٌ and عِجْمٌ, in this case with the three vowel-sounds.
2 Also
def.2 and see also عُجْبٌ.
def.3 Also The root, or base, of the tail: or the part of the root, or base, of the tail, of any beast, which the haunch encloses, and which is inserted in the hinder part of the rump: or the root, or base, and bone, of the tail: also called the عُصْعُص [q. v.]: or it is the head of the عُصْعُص: or the upper part of the عُصْعُص: or the external extremity of the spine; and the عُصْعُص is its internal extremity: (Az, L voce قُحْقُحٌ:) it is said in a trad., that every part of a man will become consumed, except the عَجْب, or the عَجْب of the tail, accord. to different relations; from which [as a rudiment] he was created, and upon which he will [at the resurrection] be put together: i. e. the bone at the lower, or lowest, part of the spine, at the rump; which is the عَسِيب of beasts: it is said to be like a grain of mustard-seed: or, as Z says in the “ Fáïk, ” it is the bone that is between the buttocks: it is also pronounced عُجْبٌ ; and accord. to MF, عِجْبٌ , but no one else says this: and, as El-Khafájee says, it is also called عَجْمٌ and عُجْمٌ and عِجْمٌ, in this case with the three vowel-sounds.
2 Also
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