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افلق

Root: فلق

Form: 4

Full Definition

افلقIV He did, or performed, or he uttered, what was admirable, or wonderful; said of a man, and of a poet, in his poetry; as also افتلق . [From فِلْقٌ, q, v.]
2 And He brought to pass that which was a calamity; as also افتلق . One says to a man, أَعْلَقْتَ وَأَفْلَقْتَ i. e. جِئْتَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ, meaning [Thou hast brought to pass] that which is a calamity.
3 And افلق فِى الأمْرِ He was, or became, skilled in the affair.
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