فُوقٌ

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فُوقٌ The part, of the arrow, which is the place of the bow-string; [i. e. the notch thereof;] as also فُوقَةٌ : the former is masc., and also, like the latter, fem. and الفُوقَانِ signifies the زَنَمَتَانِ [or two cusps of the فُوق, between which is put the bow string]; thus these are termed by the tribe of Hudheyl; but a poet who has used the dual form is said by AO to has mead thereby a single فُوق: the pl. [of mult.] is فُوَقٌ and [of pauc.] أَفْوَاقٌ; or, accord. to ISk, these are pls. of فُوقَةٌ; and قُفًا also is a pl., formed by transposition; [see an ex. in a verse cited voce عُرْقُوبٌ;] one says فُقْوَةٌ and فُقًا [for فُوقَةٌ and فُوَقٌ]. سَهْمٌ ذُو فُوقٍ means An arrow rendered complete by its having a فُوق:
2 and hence ذَا فُوقٍ occurring in a trad. [as meaning A complete share; for سَهْمٌ signifies “ a share ” as well as “ an arrow ”]. And أَعْلَاهُمْ فُوقًا, meaning He, or they, of them, haring the largest share of religion, is a metaphorical phrase, from the فُوق of the arrow.
3 And they say, أَقْبِلْ عَلَى فُوقِ نَبْلِكَ, [or, app., فُوَقِ نَبْلِكَ, for نَبْلٌ is a coll. n., meaning “ arrows, ” or “ Arabian arrows, ”] meaning Betake thyself to thy affair, and that which concerns thee.
4 And رَمَيْنَا فُوقًا, or فُوقًا وَاحِدًا, meaning رِشْقًا [i. e. We shot in one direction; or we shot one bout, in one direction],
5 [Hence, app.,] one says, كان فُلَانٌ لِأَوَّلِ فُوقِ, meaning Such a one was [for the first discharge from the bow, i. e.,] the first shot and dying.
6 And [hence, perhaps.] فُوقٌ signifies also A mode, or manner, of speech: pl. فُوَقٌ. One says to a man when he enters upon a mode, or manner, of speech, خَذْ فِى فُوقِ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ [Enter upon a mode, or manner, of speech better than it].
7 And The first way
8 Hence. app., [they say, اِرْجَعْ إِن شِئْتَ فِى فُوقٍ Return thou, if thou wilt, to the state of close, or loving, communion in which we were.
8 And the Arabs say, in imprecating, فُوقِهِ لَا رَجعَ فُلَانٌ إِلَى i.e. May such a one die: so says AA; and he cites the following verse of El-'Uleykim El-Kindee, مَا بَالُ عِرْسِى شَرِقَتْ بِرِيقِهَا ثُمَّتَ لَا يَرْجِعْ لَهَا مِنْ فُوقِهَا meaning [What is the case of my wife that she is choked by her spittle? Then, or afterward,] may it not return to its channel [i. e. her throat, the way whence it came so that she may be suffocated).
9 And one says or a man when he has gone away, مَا ٱرْتَدَّ عَلَى فُوقِهِ, meaning He went away and he did not return [ to the place whence he departed]
10 فُوقٌ also signifies, accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, The vulva of a woman: but As says that this is with ق [in the place of the ف]: [it is, however, also said that] فُوقُ الرَّحِمِ signifies the rima of the vulva, by way of comparison [to the notch of the arrow].
11 [And app. The front edge of the lobe of the ear: see 1 in art حرم, when it is mentioned in such a manner as seems to preclude its being a mistranscription for قَوف]
12 And The place of opening (مَفْرَج, O. TA, in the K erroneously, مَخْرَج, TA, and جَوْبَة, O, K, TA) of the mouth: or the extremity of the tongue.
13 And The uppermost part of the penis, or of the glans thereof.

def.2 And, accord. to the K, A certain bird; mean ing a certain aquatic bird: but this is correctly [قُوقٌ,] with two káfs.
2 See also فَاقٌ, last sentence but one.

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