الفَنِيكُ

The مَجْمَع [or part in which is the symphysis] of the لَحْيَانِ [or two lateral portions of the lower jaw], (Lth, O, K, TA,) in the middle of the chin, (Lth, O, TA,) of a man; (Lth, O, K, TA;) this is when the word is used in the singular form; (Lth, O; [see also الفَكُّ;]) and it is also called الإِفْنِيكُ; (Lth, O;) [and in like manner Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee explained what is meant by the upper فَنِيك as is stated by IF and in the O:] or the extremity [of each] of the لَحْيَانِ, at the place of the عَنْفَقَة [or tuft of hair that is between the lower lip and the chin;] (S, K;) also called الإِفْنِيكُ; but Ks knew not this: (S:) or the فَنِيكَانِ are the two extremities of the عَنْفَقَة: (O:) or (K, TA, in the CK “ and ”) the singular signifies a bone [beneath the temple,] to which the shaving of the head reaches (عَظْمٌ يَنْتَهِى إِلَيْهِ حَلْقُ الرَّأْسِ): (K, TA:) and according to Lth, the dual signifies the two extremities of the [lower] jaw, of whatever has a jaw, that move in the act of chewing, below the temples: (O:) or, according to Sh, the two thin, rising bones, [apparently the two coronoid processes of the jaw,] lower than the ears, between the temple and the ball of the cheek. (TA.) The lower فَنِيك is [apparently The symphysis of the pubes; being] said by Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee to be the part where the two hip-bones meet together: (IF, O:) [hence, perhaps, and therefore it may be erroneously,] the فنيك is said by AA to be the root, or base, of the tail: (TA:) and it signifies, as also الإِفْنِيكُ, (IDrd, O, K,) the زِمِكَّى, (K,) or زِمِجَّى, [i. e. the place of growth, or the root, or the whole, of the tail, of a bird, or] of a young bird; as they assert; (IDrd, O;) but IDrd says, “ I will not pronounce it to be correct: ” (O:) and the dual signifies two bones cleaving together: when, in the female pigeon, they are broken, she does not retain her eggs [sufficiently], but excludes them prematurely. (Lth, O.)