عُلْقَةٌ
Root: علق
Full Definition
عُلْقَةٌ
: see عَلَاقَةٌ, former half, in two places.
2 Also The quantity that suffices the cattle, of what they obtain from the trees [or plants]; as also عَلَقٌ ; and so عَلَاقٌ , and عَلَاقَةٌ : and a sufficiency of the means of subsistence, whatever it be; as also عَلَاقٌ , or عَلَاقَةٌ : or it signifies also food sufficient to retain life; as also مُتَعَلَّقٌ ; and so عَلَاقٌ , as in a verse cited voce رَجِيعٌ: (S in art. رجع:) and, accord. to AHn, the trees that remain in the winter and of which the camels are fed, or with which the camels suffice themselves, until they attain to the رَبِيع [meaning spring, or spring-herbage]: (O, K, TA: [see also عُرْوَةٌ:]) and it is also expl. as signifying herbage that does not stay: and food that suffices until the time of the [morning-meal called] غَدَآء; as also عَلَاقٌ : and accord. to Az, food, and likewise a beast for riding, such as suffices one, though it be not free from deficiency, or defect: the pl. of عُلْقَةٌ is عُلَقٌ. One says, لِى فِى هٰذَا المَالِ عُلْقَةٌ and عِلْقٌ and عُلُوقٌ and عَلَاقَةٌ and , all meaning the same, i. e. [There is for me, or I have, in this property,] a sufficiency of the means of subsistence. And مَا يَأْكُلُ فُلَانٌ إِلَّا عُلْقَةً [Such a one eats not save a bare sufficiency of the means of subsistence]. And مَا ذُقْتُ [I have not tasted a sufficiency of the means of subsistence, or food sufficient to retain life]. And مَا فِى الأَرْضِ عَلَاقٌ وَلَا لَمَاقٌ There is not in the land a sufficiency of the means of subsistence: or pasturage: or مَا بِهَا مِنْ there is not in it pasturage. And لَمْ يَتْرُكِ الحَالِبُ بِالنَّاقَةِ The milker did not leave in the she-camel's udder anything. (S, O. [See also عَلُوقٌ.]) And لَمْ يَبْقَ لِى عِنْدَهُ عُلْقَةٌ [There remained not with him] anything [belonging to me]. And هٰذَا الكَلَامُ لَنَا فِيهِ عُلْقَةٌ [In this speech is] a sufficiency [for us]. And عِنْدَهُمْ عُلْقَةٌ مِنْ مَتَاعِهِمْ [With them is] somewhat remaining [of their goods].
2 Also The quantity that suffices the cattle, of what they obtain from the trees [or plants]; as also عَلَقٌ ; and so عَلَاقٌ , and عَلَاقَةٌ : and a sufficiency of the means of subsistence, whatever it be; as also عَلَاقٌ , or عَلَاقَةٌ : or it signifies also food sufficient to retain life; as also مُتَعَلَّقٌ ; and so عَلَاقٌ , as in a verse cited voce رَجِيعٌ: (S in art. رجع:) and, accord. to AHn, the trees that remain in the winter and of which the camels are fed, or with which the camels suffice themselves, until they attain to the رَبِيع [meaning spring, or spring-herbage]: (O, K, TA: [see also عُرْوَةٌ:]) and it is also expl. as signifying herbage that does not stay: and food that suffices until the time of the [morning-meal called] غَدَآء; as also عَلَاقٌ : and accord. to Az, food, and likewise a beast for riding, such as suffices one, though it be not free from deficiency, or defect: the pl. of عُلْقَةٌ is عُلَقٌ. One says, لِى فِى هٰذَا المَالِ عُلْقَةٌ and عِلْقٌ and عُلُوقٌ and عَلَاقَةٌ and , all meaning the same, i. e. [There is for me, or I have, in this property,] a sufficiency of the means of subsistence. And مَا يَأْكُلُ فُلَانٌ إِلَّا عُلْقَةً [Such a one eats not save a bare sufficiency of the means of subsistence]. And مَا ذُقْتُ [I have not tasted a sufficiency of the means of subsistence, or food sufficient to retain life]. And مَا فِى الأَرْضِ عَلَاقٌ وَلَا لَمَاقٌ There is not in the land a sufficiency of the means of subsistence: or pasturage: or مَا بِهَا مِنْ there is not in it pasturage. And لَمْ يَتْرُكِ الحَالِبُ بِالنَّاقَةِ The milker did not leave in the she-camel's udder anything. (S, O. [See also عَلُوقٌ.]) And لَمْ يَبْقَ لِى عِنْدَهُ عُلْقَةٌ [There remained not with him] anything [belonging to me]. And هٰذَا الكَلَامُ لَنَا فِيهِ عُلْقَةٌ [In this speech is] a sufficiency [for us]. And عِنْدَهُمْ عُلْقَةٌ مِنْ مَتَاعِهِمْ [With them is] somewhat remaining [of their goods].
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