ذقن
1 ذَقَنَهُ, (
JK,
S,
A,
K,)
aor. ـُ (
JK,)
inf. n. ذَقْنٌ, (
TK,) He struck his ذَقَن [or chin]: (
JK,
S,
A,
K:) or he struck him on the back of his neck, or on his head at the part next the back of the neck, with the inside of his hand;
syn. قَفَدَهُ. (
K,
TA. [In the
CK, erroneously, فَقَدَهُ.]) and He struck him, or beat him, with a staff, or stick. (
JK.)
b2: ذَقَنَ عَلَى يَدِهِ, (
K,) or على عَصَاهُ, (
JK,
K,) He put his ذَقَن [or chin] upon his hand, or upon his staff, or stick, (
JK,
K,
TA,) and leaned [upon it]: (
TA:) and ذَقَنَ بِسَوْطِهِ [He leaned his chin upon his whip]: (
TA:) as also ↓ ذَقَّنَ. (
K.)
A2: ذَقِنَتِ الدَّلْوُ, (
JK,
S,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
JK,
K,)
inf. n. ذَقَنٌ, (
JK,) The bucket was, or became, such as is termed ذَقُونٌ (
S,
K) or ذَقْنَآءُ. (
JK.) 2 ذَقَّنَ see the preceding paragraph.
3 ذاقنهُ He straitened him. (
K.) 4 اذقن is said by Golius, as on the authority of the
KL, to signify Opem tulit in tollenda re: but the word explained in the
KL as signifying the doing this is the
inf. n. of ازقن, not of اذقن.]
ذِقْنٌ A decrepit, old and weak, or extremely aged, man. (
K.) ذَقَنٌ [The chin;] the place where the لَحْيَانٌ [here meaning the two lateral portions of the lower jaw] combine, (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K,) at their lower part: (
K:) it is of a man (
S,
Msb) [and of a beast]: also pronounced with kesr (
ISd,
K) to the ذ [i. e. ↓ ذِقَنٌ]: (
TK:) of the
masc. gender, (
Lh,
K,) only: (
Lh,
TA:)
pl. أَذْقَانٌ, (
Msb,
K,) a
pl. of pauc.; and the
pl. of mult. is ذُقُونٌ. (
Msb.) Hence, (
K,) مُثْقَلٌ اسْتَعَانَ بِذَقَنِهِ [A heavily-burdened, or overburdened, camel sought to help himself to rise by means of his chin]: (
S,
M,
K:) a
prov., applied to a low, base, or mean, and weak man, who seeks to help himself by means of another man like himself; (
S;) or to him who seeks to help himself by means of one who has no power of defending, and by means of one more low, base, or mean, and weak, than he: (
M:) or to him who seeks to help himself by means of one less than he: (
K:) originating from the fact that a camel laden with a heavy load, and unable to rise, bears with his chin upon the ground. (
S,
K.) You say also, خِرُّوا لِأَذْقَانِهِمْ [They fell down prostrate, with their chins to the ground: see the
Kur xvii. 108 and 109]: and [hence,] عَصَفَتْ رِيحٌ فَخَرَّتِ الأَشْجَارُ لِلْأَذْقَانِ (
tropical:) [A wind blew violently, so that the trees fell, or bent themselves down to the ground]: (A in art. خر:) and هَبّتِ الرِّيحُ فَكَبَّتِ الشَّجَرَ عَلَى
أَذْقَانِهَا (
tropical:) [The wind blew, and overturned, or threw down, or bent down, the trees]: and, of a stone, كَبَّهُ السَّيْلُ لِذَقَنِهِ (
tropical:) The torrent overturned it. (
TA.)
b2: The hair that grows upon the chin: used in this sense by the vulgar; and said by Esh-Shiháb El-Khafajee, in the “ Shifá el-Ghaleel,” to be
post-classical:
Z says, in the “ Rabeea el-Abrár,” that it signifies the beard in the language of the Nabathæans. (
TA.) ذِقَنٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence.
ذَقَنَى: see the paragraph next following.
ذَقُونٌ A she-camel that relaxes her chin [so as to make her lower lip hang down] in going along: (
S,
K:) or that moves about her head in going along: (
JK:) or that stretches her steps, and moves about her head, by reason of strength, and briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness, in going along: (
A,
TA:)
pl. ذُقُنٌ: (
TA:) and ↓ ذَاقِنَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, signifies the same as ذَقُونٌ. (
IAar,
TA.)
b2: دَلْوٌ ذَقُونٌ (assumed
tropical:) A bucket [of leather] which one has sewed in such a manner that its lip inclines on one side: (
S,
K:) or a large bucket inclining on one side: (
Er-Rághib,
TA:) and ↓ ذَلْوٌ ذَقَنَى a bucket with an inclining lip: (
IB,
TA:) and ↓ دَلْوٌ ذَقْنَآءُ a bucket that has had an addition made to one of its two sides, and consequently inclines on one side. (
JK.) الذَّاقِنَةُ The part beneath the ذَقَن [or chin]: (
K:) or the part, of the breast, that is reached by the ذَقَن: or the ذَقَن [itself]: (
TA:) or the head of the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe]: (
K:) or the prominent extremity of the حلقوم: (
S,
K:) thus explained by
A'Obeyd and
AA in the saying of 'Áïsheh, “[The Prophet died] between my حَاقِنَة and my ذَاقِنَة: ” (
TA: [see الحَاقِنَةُ:]) or the تَرْقُوة [ or collar-bone; or it may here mean the fore part of the throat, next the chest; or the uppermost part of the chest]: (
K:) but this, in the
M, is an explanation of الحَاقِنَةُ: (
TA:) or the lower part of the belly, next the navel: (
K:) but this, also, is given as an explanation of الحاقنة, by
ISd and by
Z: (
TA:) or the pit of the uppermost part of the breast, or chest: or the upper part of the belly: (
K:) and the stomach: (
JK:)
pl. ذَوَاقِنُ. (
S,
TA.) [See also الحَاقِنَةُ.] Hence the
prov., لَأُلْحِقَنَّ حَوَاقِنَكَ بَذَوَاقِنِكَ [explained in art. حقن]: الذَّوَاقِنُ,
accord. to
Az, means the lower part of the belly. (
S.)
A2: See also ذَقُونٌ.
أَذْقَنٌ A man long in the ذَقَن [or chin]: and so [the
fem.] ذَقْنَآءُ applied to a woman. (
K.)
b2: And A man having the two sides of the mouth inclining, or wry. (
JK.)
b3: And [hence,
app.,] ذَقْنَآءُ, (
K,
TA,) applied to a woman, by way of comparison, (
TA,) (
tropical:) Having the جَهَاز [or pudendum] inclining, or wry. (
K,
TA.)
b4: دَلْوٌ ذَقْنَآءُ: see ذَقُونٌ.
