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مَعْقِدٌ

Root: عقد

Full Definition

مَعْقِدٌ The place of the عَقْد [or tying, &c.,] of a thing: pl. مَعَاقِدُ. مَعْقِدُ حَبْلٍ signifies The place of a cord, or rope, where it is tied, knit, or tied in a knot or knots. [Hence,] one says, هُوَ مِنِّى مَعْقِدَ الإِزَارِ [lit. He is, in respect of me, in the place of the tying of the waistwrapper], meaning he is near to me in station, standing, or grade: and in like manner, مَقْعَدَ القَابِلَةِ: مَعْقِدَ الإِزَارِ being an adverbial phrase having a special application, but used as one not having such an application.
2 And A joint, an articulation, or a place of juncture between two bones. (L. [See also عُقْدَةٌ, in the latter part of the former half.])
3 أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ العِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ i. e. I ask Thee by the properties wherein consists the title of thy throne to glory, or by the places wherein those properties are [as it were] knit together, properly meaning by the glory of thy throne, is a phrase used in prayer, of which, IAth says, the party of Aboo-Haneefeh disapprove.
4 For another meaning of the pl., مَعَاقِدُ, see عَقْدٌ.


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