Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قِصْدَةٌ

Root: قصد

Full Definition

قِصْدَةٌ A fragment; a piece of a thing that is broken: and any piece [of a thing]: pl. قِصَدٌ. Ex. القَنَا قِصَدٌ [The spears are broken into fragments].
2 قِصْدَةٌ مِنْ عَظْمٍ A piece of a bone; meaning, a third, or a quarter, of the thigh, or arm, or skin, or shoulder; less than the half; as much as the third, or quarter.


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