صَقْرٌ
Root: صقر
Full Definition
2 [And accord. to Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag, A liberal man: perhaps a noble man, as likened to a hawk.]
def.2 Also, and صَقْرَةٌ , Vehemence of the stroke of the sun, and fierceness of its heat: or the vehemence of its stroke upon the head: pl. [of the latter] صَقَرَاتٌ.
def.3 Also the former, Sour milk; [and] so صَقْرَةٌ : or milk rendered sour by a stroke of the sun: or milk sour in the utmost degree: or very sour milk; as also صَقْرَةٌ : or this latter is milk that has curdled, and of which the thick part has become separate, and the whey become clear, and that has become sour, so as to be a good kind of sauce. One says, جَآءَنَا تَزْوِى الوَجْهَ [He brought us some sour milk, or very sour milk, &c., such as contracts the face, or makes it to wrinkle: like as one says بِصَرْبَةٍ].
2 Also, and صَقْرَةٌ , [The exuded, or expressed, juice called] دِبْس; in the dial. of the people of El-Medeeneh: or the دِبْس of dates; or of fresh ripe dates, before it is cooked; i. e. what flows from them, like honey, and what, when it is cooked, is called رُبّ: or the honey of fresh ripe dates and of raisins; as also : or the honey of fresh ripe dates when it has become dry, or tough: or what exudes from grapes, and from raisins, and from dates, without their being pressed; as also : or, in the dial. of the Bahránees, [or people of El-Bahreyn,] the crude دِبْس, resembling honey, which flows from baskets of dates when they [i. e. the dates] are deposited and congested, in an uncovered chamber, [so I render بَيْت مُصَرَّح, but the meaning of the epithet is not clear,] with green earthen pots beneath them.
3 And the former, (صَقْرٌ,)
def.4 صَقْرْ also signifies A دَائِرَة [or feather, i. e. portion of the hair naturally curled or frizzled in a spiral manner or otherwise,] behind the place of the liver of a horse or similar beast, on the right and on the left, or in the back of a horse: there are two such feathers, which are the limit of the back.
def.5 Also, [probably as an Verbal.Noun, of which the verb is صَقَرَ,] The acting the part, or performing the office, of a pimp to
2 And A cursing of such as is not deserving [thereof]: pl. صُقُورٌ and صِقَارٌ.
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