عِقْبَةٌ
Root: عقب
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عِقْبَةٌ
and
عُقْبَةٌ , but the former is the more approved, and عقب, (so in the TA, [app., if not a mistranscription, عَقِبٌ ,]) A mark, sign, trace, impress, characteristic, or outward indication. One says, عَلَيْهِ عِقْبَةُ السَّرْوِ, and
, and الجَمَالِ, i. e. Upon him is the mark &c. [of generosity and manliness, and of beauty].
2 عِقْبَةُ القَمَرِ and القمر mean The return of the moon, when it has set, or disappeared, and then risen: [or the return of the moon after the change; for] one says, مَا يَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ إِلَّا عِقْبَةَ القَمَرِ, or القمر, meaning He does not that save once in each month: but, accord. to IAar, القَمَرِ, with damm, is a certain star, or asterism, which is in conjunction with the moon once in the year; and عُقْبَةَ القَمَرِ means once in the year: so in the following verse, of one of the Benoo-'Ámir:
def.2 See also عَقْبَةٌ.
2 عِقْبَةُ القَمَرِ and القمر mean The return of the moon, when it has set, or disappeared, and then risen: [or the return of the moon after the change; for] one says, مَا يَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ إِلَّا عِقْبَةَ القَمَرِ, or القمر, meaning He does not that save once in each month: but, accord. to IAar, القَمَرِ, with damm, is a certain star, or asterism, which is in conjunction with the moon once in the year; and عُقْبَةَ القَمَرِ means once in the year: so in the following verse, of one of the Benoo-'Ámir:
[He will not apply to his hair that descends below the ear musk and camphor, nor the perfume called ذريرة, save once in the year]: or, as Lh relates it, عِقْبَةَ القمر: thus in the L; in which it is added that this saying of IAar requires consideration, because the moon cuts [a meridian of] the celestial sphere once in every month: but MF replies that it may be in conjunction with the said star only once in the year, as the moon's path varies in each successive month. (TA. [See also عَقْمَةٌ.])لَا يُطْعِمُ المِسْكَ وَالكَافُورَ لِمَّتَهُ وَلَا الذَّرِيرَةَ إِلَّا عُقْبَةَ القَمَرِ
def.2 See also عَقْبَةٌ.
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