عَالِقٌ
Root: علق
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عَالِقٌ
Clinging, catching, cleaving, adhering, holding, or sticking fast: so in the phrase هُوَ
عَالِقٌ بِهِ [He, or it, is clinging, &c., to him, or it].
2 Also A camel plucking from the [tree called] عِضَاه; so termed because he is [as though he were] hanging from it, by reason of his tallness: pl. عَوَالِقُ; which is also applied to goats. And A camel pasturing upon the plant called عَلْقَى.
2 Also A camel plucking from the [tree called] عِضَاه; so termed because he is [as though he were] hanging from it, by reason of his tallness: pl. عَوَالِقُ; which is also applied to goats. And A camel pasturing upon the plant called عَلْقَى.
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