مِعْلَاقٌ
Root: علق
Full Definition
مِعْلَاقٌ
The thing by means of which flesh-meat, and other things, or grapes, and the like, are suspended; as also
مُعْلُوقٌ : and anything by means of which a thing is suspended is called its مِعْلَاق, or is called مِعْلَاق and
, which latter is a word of a rare form: and
عِلَاقَةٌ likewise signifies the مِعْلَاق
by means of which a vessel is suspended: pl. of the first [and of the second] مَعَالِيقُ. Also A stirrupleather: pl. as above. And المِعْلَاقَانِ signifies مِعْلَاقَا الدَّلْوِ وَشِبْهِهَا [app. meaning The two suspensory cords of the leathern bucket and of the like thereof]. (IDrd, O, K: but the CK, for مِعْلَاقَا, has مِعْلَاقُ: and the O has وَمَا أَشْبَهَهَا in the place of وَشِبْهِهَا [which means the same].)
2 Also A thing suspended to a beast of burden; such as the قِرْبَة and the مِطْهَرَة and the قُمْقُمَة: pl. as above. (Mgh, Msb: but in the former, only the pl. of معلاق in this sense is mentioned.)
3 [And A pendant of a necklace and of an earring and the like; in which sense its pl. is expl. as follows:] the مَعَالِيق of necklaces and of [the ear-rings or ear-drops called] شُنُوف are what are put therein or thereto, [meaning suspended thereto,] of anything that is beautiful; and , which has no sing., is like المَعَالِيقُ, each of them signifying what are suspended. [See also شَنْفٌ.]
4 مِعْلَاقُ البَابِ [means A kind of latch, or sliding bolt;] a thing that is suspended, or attached, to the door, and is then pushed, whereupon it [i. e. the door] opens; different from the مِغْلَاق, with the pointed غ. One says, مَا لِبَابِهِ مِغْلَاقٌ وَلَا مِعْلَاقٌ i. e. [There is not to his door] a thing that is opened with a key nor [a thing that is opened] without it.
5 مِعْلَاقٌ also signifies The tongue of a man: or an eloquent tongue.
6 And رَجُلٌ ذُو مِعْلَاقٍ A man whose antagonist, when he clings to him, will not [be able to] free himself from him: or a man vehement in altercation or dispute or litigation, who clings to arguments, or pleas, and supplies them; and رَجُلٌ مِعْلَاقٌ signifies the same.
7 And [the pl.] مَعَالِيقُ signifies A sort [or variety] of palm-trees.
2 Also A thing suspended to a beast of burden; such as the قِرْبَة and the مِطْهَرَة and the قُمْقُمَة: pl. as above. (Mgh, Msb: but in the former, only the pl. of معلاق in this sense is mentioned.)
3 [And A pendant of a necklace and of an earring and the like; in which sense its pl. is expl. as follows:] the مَعَالِيق of necklaces and of [the ear-rings or ear-drops called] شُنُوف are what are put therein or thereto, [meaning suspended thereto,] of anything that is beautiful; and , which has no sing., is like المَعَالِيقُ, each of them signifying what are suspended. [See also شَنْفٌ.]
4 مِعْلَاقُ البَابِ [means A kind of latch, or sliding bolt;] a thing that is suspended, or attached, to the door, and is then pushed, whereupon it [i. e. the door] opens; different from the مِغْلَاق, with the pointed غ. One says, مَا لِبَابِهِ مِغْلَاقٌ وَلَا مِعْلَاقٌ i. e. [There is not to his door] a thing that is opened with a key nor [a thing that is opened] without it.
5 مِعْلَاقٌ also signifies The tongue of a man: or an eloquent tongue.
6 And رَجُلٌ ذُو مِعْلَاقٍ A man whose antagonist, when he clings to him, will not [be able to] free himself from him: or a man vehement in altercation or dispute or litigation, who clings to arguments, or pleas, and supplies them; and رَجُلٌ مِعْلَاقٌ signifies the same.
7 And [the pl.] مَعَالِيقُ signifies A sort [or variety] of palm-trees.
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