عَائِقٌ
Root: عوق
Full Definition
عَائِقٌ
and
عَوْقٌ and
عُوقٌ and
عَوِقٌ all signify the same; i. e. [A person, or thing,] hindering, preventing, impeding, withholding, turning back or away, retarding, or diverting by occupying otherwise: see also عُوَقٌ, in two places: the pl. of the first is عُوَّقٌ. One says, عَاقَنِى عَائِقٌ and عَقَانِى عَاقٍ [A hinderer or hindrance, or an impeder or impediment, &c., hindered me, or impeded me, &c.,] عَنِ الأَمْرِ الَّذِى أَرَدْتُ [from the thing that I desired to do]. And عَوَائِقُ الدَّهْرِ signifies The accidents, or casualties, of time or fortune, that divert [or hinder or impede] by busying or occupying or employing: the former noun being pl. of عَائِقَةٌ, or anomalously of
عَوْقٌ .
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