علج
Root: الك
Full Definition
2 [And hence, accord. to some,] A message, or communication sent from one person or party to another; (Lth, S, M, K, &c.; [in the CK, after الرِّسالَةُ, by which الأَلُوكُ is explained in the K &c., we find قِبَلَ المَلِكِ مُشْتَقٌّ منهُ, in which the first two words should be قِيلَ المَلَكُ, as in other copies of the K and in the TA; and الاُلُوكُ is erroneously put, in the CK, for الأَلُوكُ;]) said by Lth and ISd to be so called because it is [as it were] chewed in the mouth; as also أَلُوكَهٌ and and مَأْلَكَةٌ and مَأْلُكٌ : accord. to Kr, this last is the only word of the measure مَفْعُلٌ: but accord. to Sb and Akh, there is no word of this measure: [i. e. there is none originally
3 أَلُوكٌ also signifies A messenger. (Ibn-'Abbád, K. [In the CK here follows, والمأْلُوْكُ والمَأْلُقُ: but the right reading is وَالمَأْلُوكُ المَأْلُوقُ, as in other copies and in the TA.])
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