ثُغْرَةٌ

1.
; plural ثُغَرٌ: see ثَغْرٌ, in two places.
2.
Also The pit of the uppermost part of the breast, or chest, between the two collar-bones; (S, M, K;) the pit in the middle of the نَحْر: plural as above: (Msb:) in a camel, the pit which is the stabbingplace: and in a horse, [the part] above the جُوءْجُوء, (K,) which is the prominent portion of the نَحْر, between the upper parts of the فَهْدَتَان [or two portions of flesh on the right and left of the breast]. (TA.)
3.
A tract, or quarter, of the earth, or of land; (JK, K;) as also ثَغْرٌ. (TA.) You say, مَا بِتِلْكَ الثُّغْرَةِ مِثْلُهُ There is not, in that tract, or quarter, of the earth, his, or its, like. (TA.)
4.
A plain, level, or even, road; (K;) as also ثَغْرٌ: (TA:) or any road that people tread, or pass along, with ease; because they furrow its surface: (T, TA:) plural as above. (A.) [Hence,] ثُغَرُ المَسْجِدِ The ways leading to the mosque: or ثُغْرَةُ المَسْجِدِ means the upper part of the mosque [apparently next to the kibleh]. (TA.) And هُوَيَخْتَرِقُ ثُغَرَ المَجْدِ (tropical:) [He travels] the ways of glory. (A.)

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