الحَاقِنَةُ

The stomach; (K;) an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant; because it retains, or collects, the food: (TA:) and the pit between each collar-bone and what is termed حَبْلُ العَاتِقِ [explained in article حبل, q. v.]; (AA, S, K; *) the two together being termed [the] حَاقِنَتَانِ: (AA, S:) the pit of each collar-bone: (T, TA:) the part between the collar-bone and the neck: (TA:) or the lower part of the belly: (S, K:) plural الحَوَاقِنُ. (T, TA.) [See also الذَّاقِنَةُ.] Hence, (K,) it is said in a prov., لَأُلْحِقَنَّ حَوَاقِنَكَ بِذَوَاقِنِكِ, (S, K,) i. e. [I will assuredly conjoin] the lower part of thy belly with the upper part thereof: or the part of thy belly that retains, or collects, the food, with the lower part of thy belly, and with thy knees. (TA.) The ذَاقِنَة is [also said to be] the extremity of the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe]: and hence the saying attributed to 'Áïsheh, that the Prophet died [with his head] between her حَاقِنَة and her ذَاقِنَة. (S.)