طَرِيقٌ
Root: طرق
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طَرِيقٌ
A road, way, or path; syn. سَبِيلٌ; [i. e. a beaten track, being of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; and applied to any place of passage;] and
طُرْقَةٌ signifies the same: [see also مُسْتَطْرَقٌ:] it is masc. in the dial. of Nejd, and so in the Kur xx. 79; and fem. in the dial. of El-Hijáz: the latter accord. to general usage: [see زُقَاقٌ:] the pl. [of pauc.] is أَطْرِقَةٌ with those
2 In the saying بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَطَؤُهُمُ الطَّرِيقُ, accord. to Sb, الطَّرِيقُ is for أَهْلُ الطَّلرِيقِ: [the meaning therefore is,
3 حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ [The duty relating to the road] is the lowering of the eyes; the putting away, or aside, what is hurtful, or annoying; the returning of salutations; the enjoining of that which is good; and the forbidding of that which is evil. (El-Jámi' es- Sagheer. See جَلَسَ.)
4 قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ [He intercepted the road] means he made the road to be feared, relying upon his strength, robbing, and slaying men [or passengers]. (Msb in art. قطع.) [And أَصَابَ الطَّرِيقَ means the same; or, as expl. by Freytag, on the authority of Meyd, He was, or became, a robber.]
5 [Hence,] اِبْنُ الطَّرِيقِ means
6 [But أَهْلُ طَرِيقِ ٱللّٰهِ means
7 أُمُّ طَرِيقٍ, thus correctly in the 'Eyn, [and shown to be so by a verse there cited, q. v. voce عَسْبٌ,]
8 See also أُمُّ الطَّرِيقِ and أُمَّةُ الطَّرِيقِ in art. ام.
9 بَنَاتُ الطَّرِيقِ means
10 طَرِيقٌ signifies also The space between two rows of palm-trees; as being likened to the طَرِيق [commonly so called] in extension.
11 أَخَذَ فُلَانٌ فِى الطَّرِيقِ means the same as أَخَذَ فِى التَّطْرِيقِ [expl. before: see 2, near the end].
12 طَرِيقٌ as syn. with طَرِيقَةٌ: see the latter word, first sentence.
13 [بِالطَّرِيقِ الأَوْلَى is a phrase of frequent occurrence, app. post-classical; lit. By the fitter way; meaning with the stronger reason; à fortiori: see an ex. in Beyd xlii. 3, and De Sacy's Anthol. Gr. Ar. p. 467.]
def.2 Also A sort of palm-tree.
2 See also طَرِيقَةٌ , last sentence.
2 In the saying بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَطَؤُهُمُ الطَّرِيقُ, accord. to Sb, الطَّرِيقُ is for أَهْلُ الطَّلرِيقِ: [the meaning therefore is,
3 حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ [The duty relating to the road] is the lowering of the eyes; the putting away, or aside, what is hurtful, or annoying; the returning of salutations; the enjoining of that which is good; and the forbidding of that which is evil. (El-Jámi' es- Sagheer. See جَلَسَ.)
4 قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ [He intercepted the road] means he made the road to be feared, relying upon his strength, robbing, and slaying men [or passengers]. (Msb in art. قطع.) [And أَصَابَ الطَّرِيقَ means the same; or, as expl. by Freytag, on the authority of Meyd, He was, or became, a robber.]
5 [Hence,] اِبْنُ الطَّرِيقِ means
6 [But أَهْلُ طَرِيقِ ٱللّٰهِ means
7 أُمُّ طَرِيقٍ, thus correctly in the 'Eyn, [and shown to be so by a verse there cited, q. v. voce عَسْبٌ,]
8 See also أُمُّ الطَّرِيقِ and أُمَّةُ الطَّرِيقِ in art. ام.
9 بَنَاتُ الطَّرِيقِ means
10 طَرِيقٌ signifies also The space between two rows of palm-trees; as being likened to the طَرِيق [commonly so called] in extension.
11 أَخَذَ فُلَانٌ فِى الطَّرِيقِ means the same as أَخَذَ فِى التَّطْرِيقِ [expl. before: see 2, near the end].
12 طَرِيقٌ as syn. with طَرِيقَةٌ: see the latter word, first sentence.
13 [بِالطَّرِيقِ الأَوْلَى is a phrase of frequent occurrence, app. post-classical; lit. By the fitter way; meaning with the stronger reason; à fortiori: see an ex. in Beyd xlii. 3, and De Sacy's Anthol. Gr. Ar. p. 467.]
def.2 Also A sort of palm-tree.
2 See also طَرِيقَةٌ , last sentence.
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