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جُؤْجُؤٌ The breast (صَدْر,
Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán,”
S,
K,
TA) of a human being, (
TA,) and of a bird, and (
tropical:) of a ship: (
S,
TA:) or the sternum, or breast-bone: or the middle of the breast: or the part where the heads of the bones of the breast come together; as in the
Nh and
M: (
TA:)
pl. جَآجِئُ. (
S,
K.) An Arab is related to have said, مَا أَطْيَبَ جُوذَابَ الأَرُزِّ بِجَآجِئِ الإِوَزِّ [How delicious is جوذاب of rice (i. e. rice prepared with sugar and flesh-meat) with the breasts of geese!]. (
TA.) And you say, شَقَّتِ السَّفِينَةُ بِجُؤْجُؤِهَا (
tropical:) [The ship clave the water with her breast]. (
TA.)
