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أَفْرَقُ

Root: فرق

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أَفْرَقُ , applied to a man, Having a wide space between the two central incisors: [or] i. q. أَفْلَجُ [app. as meaning the same, or having a similar meaning]: (K, TA: [but the CK has الأَفْلَحُ instead of الأَفْلَجُ:]) or, accord. to Lth, the أَفْرَق is like the أَفْلَج, except that the افلج is such as has been rendered so, and the افرق is such naturally. And A camel having a wide space between the two toe-nails. And Having a wide space between the buttocks. And A he-goat having a wide space between his horns. And A ram, or he-goat, having a wide space between his testicles: and [the fem.] فَرْقَآءُ a ewe, or she-goat, having a wide space between the two teats.
2 A camel having two humps.
3 A man whose forelock is as though it were divided; and in like manner, whose beard is so. A cock whose عُرْف [or comb] is divided: and a white cock: or, as some say, having two combs (ذُو عُرْفَيْنِ).
4 A horse having one of the hips more prominent than the other; which is disapproved: or having a deficiency in one of his thighs, in comparison with the other: or having a deficiency in one of the hips: or, accord. to the T, a beast having one of his elbows prominent, and the other depressed. And A horse having one testicle. The pl. is فُرْقٌ. (TA, in which it is here mentioned: also mentioned in the K after أَفْرَقُ as applied to a ram or he-goat: in the CK [erroneously] فُرُقٌ) And فَرُوقٌ applied to a horse signifies the same as أَفْرَقُ.
5 طَرِيقٌ أَفْرَقُ A road that is distinct, apparent, or manifest. And سَيْلٌ أَفْرَقُ A torrent that is as though it were the فِرْق [app. as meaning wave, billow, or surge].
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