أَفْلَجُ

1.
, (TA,) or أَفْلَجُ الأَسْنَانِ, (S, Mgh, O, K, TA,) applied to a man, and فَلْجَاءُ الأَسْنَانِ applied to a woman, (S, O,) for the teeth must be mentioned, (IDrd, S, O, K,) [but MF disputes this,] and الأَسْنَانِ مُفَلَّجُ, applied to a man, according to one reading of a tradition, (TA,) Having the teeth separate, one from another: (TA:) or, distant, or wide apart, one from another: (Mgh, * K:) or having the medial and lateral incisors distant, one from another, or wide apart. (S, O.) [See also أَفْرَقُ.] And الثَّنَايَا مُفَلَّجُ A man having an interstice between the middle pair of teeth; (S, O, K;) as also الثَّنَايَا فَلِجُ; (A;) opposite of مُتَرَاصُّ الثَّنَايَا. (S, O.) And مُتَفَلِّجَةٌ A woman that makes open spaces between her front teeth, for the purpose of improving their appearance. (L, from a tradition, in which a curse is pronounced against her who does this.) And ثَغْرٌ أَفْلَجُ Front teeth that are separate, or distant, or wide apart, one from another; and مُفَلَّجٌ signifies the same [apparently when they are rendered so artificially: see فَلَجٌ]. (TA.)
2.
And أَفْلَجُ applied to a man, Having a crookedness, or curvature, [or bowing outwards,] in the arms: when it is in the legs, the person is termed أَفْحَجُ: (L:) or wide between the arms: (O, K:) or wide between the paps; (S, L;) which last explanation is said in the K to be erroneous; but he who is wide between the paps is also wide between the arms. (MF.)
3.
هِنٌ أَفْلَجُ A vulva, of a woman, whereof the labia majora are wide apart. (L.)
4.
فَرَسٌ أَفْلَجُ A horse having the prominent parts of the haunch-bones wide apart. (IDrd, O, L.)

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