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انعقّ

Root: عق

Form: 7

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انعقّVII It became cloven, split, slit, ripped, or rent; or it clave, split, &c.; said of anything; mentioned by Th as said of a garment.
2 انعقّت السَّحَابَهُ The cloud became rent with the water. See also 1, first quarter. [And see 8.]
3 انعقّ البَرْقُ and عَقَّ [of which latter the Present.T is probably يَعَقُّ, and the Verbal.Noun عَقَقٌ, said in the K to mean اِنْشِقَاقٌ,] signify تَشَقَّقَ and اِنْشَقَّ [as though meaning The lightning became cloven]; [but] the former is expl. as signifying the lightning was, or became, in a state of commotion (تَضَرَّبَ) in the clouds. [Another meaning is suggested by an explanation of عَقِيقَةٌ in relation to lightning.]
4 انعقّ الغُبَارُ i. q. سَطَعَ [app. as meaning The dust spread, or diffused itself]: or اِنْشَقَّ وَسَطَعَ [became cleft, and diffused itself].
5 انعقّ الوَادِى The valley was, or became, deep.

def.2 انعقّت العُقْدَةُ The knot became strongly, or firmly, tied.
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