كَتَدٌ
Root: كتد
Full Definition
كَتَدٌ
and كَتِدٌ [The upper part of the back, above, or between, the shoulders:] the part where the two shoulder-blades come [or approach] together; in a man and a horse and a lion: or the part between the base of the neck and the shoulder-blades: or the part between the
كَاهِل [app. here signifying the bas of the neck] and the back; as also ثَبَجٌ: or the part between the
مُثَبَّج [or place where the pastor puts his stick, or staff, upon his back, putting his arms and hands behind it,] and the middle of the
كاهل [which app. here signifies the portion of the back comprising its six upper vertebræ]: or the part from the base of the neck to the bottom of the shoulder-blades, comprising the
كَاثِبَة
and
ثبج
and
كاهل: or the كاهل
itself: or the upper part of the shoulder-blade: pl. أَكْتَادٌ and كُتُودٌ.
2 نَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى الأَكْبَادِ فَضْلًا عَنِ الأَكْتَادِ [We will carry it upon the livers; much more upon the upper parts of the backs].
3 وَلَّوْهُمْ أَكْتَادَهُمْ They turned their backs upon them, retreating and routed.
4 الكَتَدُ
5 هُمْ أَكْتَادٌ They are companies, or congregated bodies: or, distinct bodies, or parties, or troops: as also أَكْدَادٌ: or, like each other; not differing, one from another: or, quick, or swift, one party of them following immediately after another: اكتاد has no sing.: it is said to be either أَكْدَادٌ mispronounced, or a dial. form of this latter word.
2 نَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى الأَكْبَادِ فَضْلًا عَنِ الأَكْتَادِ [We will carry it upon the livers; much more upon the upper parts of the backs].
3 وَلَّوْهُمْ أَكْتَادَهُمْ They turned their backs upon them, retreating and routed.
4 الكَتَدُ
5 هُمْ أَكْتَادٌ They are companies, or congregated bodies: or, distinct bodies, or parties, or troops: as also أَكْدَادٌ: or, like each other; not differing, one from another: or, quick, or swift, one party of them following immediately after another: اكتاد has no sing.: it is said to be either أَكْدَادٌ mispronounced, or a dial. form of this latter word.
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