أَبْهَرُ

[The aorta; so in the present day;] a certain vein [or artery], (S, A, K,) in the back, (K,) lying within, or at the inner side of, the back-bone (A'Obeyd, A, TA) and the heart, (A'Obeyd, TA,) the severing of which causes death: (A'Obeyd, S, A:) it is name given to each of two veins [or arteries, or the two portions of the aorta which are called the aorta ascendens and aorta descendens,] which issue from the heart, and from which then branch off all the other arteries: (S:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) the وَرِيد [i. e. either the carotid artery or the external jugular vein] of the neck: (K:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) [the vein in the arm called] the أَكْحَل: (K:) or, according to the more full description of IAth, a certain vein [or artery] arising from the head, and extending to the foot, and having arteries which communicate with most of the extremities and the body: what is in the head is called the نَامَّة; and hence the saying, أَسْكَتَ اللّٰهُ نَامَّتَهُ, meaning “God killed him,” or “may God kill him!” and it extends to the throat, and is there called the وَرِيد; and to the chest, and is there called [especially] the أَبْهَر [meaning the aorta ascendens]; and to the back, and is there called the وَتِين [meaning the aorta descendens]; and the heart is suspended to it; and it extends to the thigh, and is there called the نَسَا; and to the shank, and is there called the صَافِن: the ء in it is augmentative. (TA.) You say, قَطَعَ أَبْهَرَهُ [It severed his aorta]; meaning (tropical:) it (pain) destroyed him. (A.)

Also The back: (K:) or the place of the vein [or artery] so called. (As, in article خدع of the S.) One says, فُلَانٌ شَدِيدٌ الأَبْهَرِ Such a one is strong in the back: (TA:) or strong in the place of the vein [or artery] called the ابهر. (As, ubi suprà.)

And The back of the curved part of the extremity of a bow: (K:) or the part between the طايءِف and the كُلْيَة: (S, K:) in the bow is its كَبِد, which is the part between the two extremities of its string or the like; then, next to this, the كُلْيَة; then, next to this, the أَبْهَر; then, the طَايءِف; then, the سِيءَة, which is the curved part of the extremity. (As.)

And A tent-pole. (JK.)

And The shorter side of a feather: (K:) [or] so أَبَاهِرُ [which is the plural]: (JK:) [or] the latter signifies the feathers (Lh, S) of the wing (Lh) of a bird (Lh, S) next after those called الخَوَافِى, (Lh,) [and] next [before] those called الكُلَى: (S:) the first of them are those called القَوَادِمُ, (S,) four in number, in the fore part of the wing; (Lh;) the next, المَنَاكِبُ, (Lh, S,) also four; (Lh;) the next, الخَوَافِى, (Lh, S,) also four; (Lh;) the next, الأَبَاهِرُ, (Lh, S,) also four; (Lh;) and the next, الكُلَى [which are also four]. (S.)