فَكَّةٌ
1.
[a verbal noun: see 1, last sentence].
2.
الفَكَّةُ is the name of One of the northern constellations, [Corona Borealis,] (Kzw,) certain stars, (S, O, K,) eight stars, called in Pers.
كاسه درويشان, (Kzw,) behind
السِّمَاك الرَّامِح [i. e. Arcturus], (S, O, K,) [near] behind the staff of
الصَّيَّاح [which is a name of Bootes], (Kzw,) having a circling form, (S, O, K, and Kzw,) but with a gap, or breach, in the circling, for which reason, [agreeably with the Pers. appellation mentioned above,] it is called
قَصْعَةُ المَسَاكِينِ [the bowl of the paupers], (Kzw,) this being the name given to it by the children. (As, S, O, K.)