يَأْفُوخٌ
Root: افخ
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يَأْفُوخٌ
, as also يَافُوخٌ, without ء, but the former is the more correct and the better, and is of the measure يَفْعُولٌ, whereas the latter is of the measure فَاعُولٌ, [The top, vertex, or crown, of the head; or the part of the top of the head which is crossed by the coronal suture, and comprises a portion of the sagittal suture;] the part where the anterior and posterior bones of the head meet; the place that is in a state of commotion in the head of an infant; the place which, in the head of a child, does not close up until after some years; or does not become knit together in its several parts; and this is where the bone of the anterior part of the head and that of its posterior part meet; the place that is soft, in a child's head, before the two bones called the
نَمَّاغَة
and
رَمَّاعَة
meet, between the
هَامَة [or middle of the head] and the forehead: or the middle of the head when it has become hard and strong; before which it is not thus called: pl. يَآفِيخُ; so in the old lexicons [in general]; but in the T and K يَوَافِيخُ [which is pl. of يافوخ without ء; or, as pl. of يأفوخ, is like تَوَارِيخُ as pl. of تَأْرِيخٌ]; and because of this form of the pl., F says that J is in error in mentioning the word in the present art.: it has been shown, however, that J is not in error in this case. — [Hence the saying,] أَنْتُمْ يَآفِيخُ الشَّرَفِ
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