لحى

Core meaning

The beard.

Uses

1. بِلِحْيَتِى → "by the beard" : the beard by which someone is seized.

   • «لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ» — "do not seize me by the beard nor by the head" (20:94)

Evidence from the text

Sole use: the one his brother has seized says to him: "do not seize me by the beard nor by the head" (20:94), then explains his conduct. The beard is there, with the head, what is grasped in anger.

See also

رئس (the head, named with the beard (20:94))