Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فَلِيقَةٌ

Root: فلق

Full Definition

فَلِيقَةٌ : see فِلْقٌ, in three places.

def.2 Also A quantity collected together, (فَلِيلَةٌ, K, TA, in the O without any point to the first letter,) or a small quantity, (قَلِيلَةٌ, thus in some copies of the K,) of hair: mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád.

def.3 And A sort of broth; thus termed by the people of El-Medeeneh; occurring in a trad. as related by Ibráheem El-Harbee; or a pottage (قِدْرٌ) that is cooked, and into which fragments (فِلَق, i. e. كِسَر,) of bread are crumbled: but accord. to AA, it is called فَرِيقَةٌ only.


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