فُقْرَةٌ
Root: فقر
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فُقْرَةٌ
A hollow dug in the ground: pl. فُقَرٌ.
2 And The [incision termed] قُرْمَة that is made in the nose [or muzzle] of the camel, [in order to render him tractable, ] after which [if necessary] another is made, [above it,] and then another, until he becomes gentle: pl. [of pauc. أَفْقُرٌ, occurring in the L, evidently as a pl. of فُقْرَةٌ in this sense, and, of mult., but also used as a pl. of pauc.,] فُقَرٌ. Hence the saying of 'Aacute;ïsheh, in relation to [the murder of] 'Othmán, [app. alluding to its involving three violations, namely, the violation of the sacredness of the city in which it was perpetrated and of the month in which it occurred and of the person of the Khaleefeh,] بَلَغْتُمْ مِنْهُ الفُقَرَ الثَّلَاثَ, meaning
3 Also The part, of a shirt, that is the place into which the head is inserted.
def.2 Also Nearness. And one says, هُوَ مِنِّى فُقْرَةً, meaning He is near to me.
def.3 See also مُفْقِرٌ.
2 And The [incision termed] قُرْمَة that is made in the nose [or muzzle] of the camel, [in order to render him tractable, ] after which [if necessary] another is made, [above it,] and then another, until he becomes gentle: pl. [of pauc. أَفْقُرٌ, occurring in the L, evidently as a pl. of فُقْرَةٌ in this sense, and, of mult., but also used as a pl. of pauc.,] فُقَرٌ. Hence the saying of 'Aacute;ïsheh, in relation to [the murder of] 'Othmán, [app. alluding to its involving three violations, namely, the violation of the sacredness of the city in which it was perpetrated and of the month in which it occurred and of the person of the Khaleefeh,] بَلَغْتُمْ مِنْهُ الفُقَرَ الثَّلَاثَ, meaning
3 Also The part, of a shirt, that is the place into which the head is inserted.
def.2 Also Nearness. And one says, هُوَ مِنِّى فُقْرَةً, meaning He is near to me.
def.3 See also مُفْقِرٌ.
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