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إِلَاقٌ

Root: الق

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إِلَاقٌ [an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet;] Lying, or fallacious, lightning; that has no rain; as also أَلَّاقٌ : آلِقٌ , likewise, is an epithet applied to lightning [in the same sense; or as signifying shining, gleaming, or glistening: see 1 and 5]: and so is أُلَّقٌ , as syn. with خُلَّبٌ [that excites hope of rain, but deceives the expectation].
2 Also, applied to a man, Lying: or lying much, or often, or habitually: and very deceitful, and variable in disposition.
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