طَرِيقَةٌ
Root: طرق
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طَرِيقَةٌ
A way, course, rule, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like, (syn. مَذْهَبٌ, S, TA, and سِيرَةٌ, and مَسْلَكٌ, TA,) of a man, whether it be approved or disapproved; as also
طَرِيقٌ , which is metaphorically used in this sense: [like مَذْهَبٌ, often relating to the doctrines and practices of religion: and often used in post-classical times as meaning the rule of a religious order or sect:] and meaning also a manner of being; a state, or condition; (syn. حَالَةٌ, S, or حَالٌ, O, K;) as in the saying, مَا زَالَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى طَرِيقَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ [Such a one ceased not to be in one state, or condition]; and it is applied to such as is good and to such as is evil. One says also, هُوَ عَلَى
طَرِيقَتِهِ [He is following his own way, or course]. (TA voce جَدِيَّةٌ.) لَوِ ٱسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ, in the Kur [lxxii. 16], means, accord. to Fr, [If they had gone on undeviating in the way] of polytheism: but accord. to others, of the right direction. [The pl. is طَرَائِقُ.]
2 [It is also used for أَهْلُ طَرِيقَةٍ: and in like manner the pl., for أَهْلُ طَرَائِقَ. Thus,] كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا, in the Kur [lxxii. 11], means
3 [Also
4 [And
5 Also A line, streak, or stripe, in a thing: [and a crease, or wrinkle; often used in this sense:] and [its pl.] طَرَائِقُ signifies the lines, or streaks, that are called حُبُك, of a helmet. The طَرِيقَة [or line] that is in the upper part of the back: and the line, or streak, that extends upon [i. e. along] the back of the ass. [A vein, or seam, in a rock or the like. A track in stony or rugged land &c. A narrow strip of ground or land, and of herbage.] An extended piece or portion [i. e. a strip] of sand; and likewise of fat; and [likewise of flesh; or] an oblong piece of flesh.
6 [Hence, app.,] ثَوْبٌ طَرَائِقُ A garment old and worn out [as though reduced to strips or shreds].
7 ذَاتُ طَرَائِقَ and فِيهَا طَرَائِقُ are phrases used, the latter by Dhu-r-Rummeh, in describing a spear-shaft (قَنَاة) shrunk by dryness [app. meaning Having lines, or what resemble wrinkles, caused by shrinking].
8 And طَرَائِقُ signifies also The last remains of the soft and best portions of pasturage.
9 And The stages of Heaven; so called because they lie one above another: [for] السَّمٰوَاتُ سَبْعُ طَرَائِقَ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ [The Heavens are seven stages, one above another]; and they have mentioned [likewise] the stages of the earth [as seven in number: and of hell also: see دَرَكٌ]. See also طَرَقَةٌ.
10 Accord. to Lth, طَرِيقَةٌ signifies also Any أُحْدُورَة, or أُخْدُودَة, [neither of which words have I found in any but this passage, nor do I know any words nearly resembling them except أُحْدُور and أُخْدُود, of which they may be mistranscriptions, or perhaps dial. vars., the former signifying a declivity, slope, or place of descent, and the latter a furrow, trench, or channel,] of the earth or ground: or [any] border, or side, (صَنِفَة,) of a garment, or piece of cloth; or of a thing of which one part is stuck upon another, or of which the several portions are stuck one upon another; and in like manner of colours [similarly disposed].
11 And A web, or thing woven, of wool, or of [goats'] hair, a cubit in breadth, or less, and in length four cubits, or eight cubits, [or] proportioned to the size of the tent in its length, which is sewed in the place where the شِقَاق [or oblong pieces of cloth that compose the main covering of the tent] meet, from the كِسْر [q. v.] to the كِسْر; [it is app. sewed beneath the middle of the tent-covering, half of its breadth being sewed to one شُقَّة and the other half thereof to the other middle شُقَّة; and sometimes, it seems, there are three طَرَائِق, one in the middle and one towards each side; for it is added,] and in them are the heads of the tentpoles, [these generally consisting of three rows, three in each row,] between which and the طرائق
12 Also A tent pole; any one of the poles of a tent: a خِبَآء has one طريقة: a بَيْت has two and three and four [and more]: and the part between two poles is called مَتْنٌ: (AZ, TA in art. زبع:) or the pole of a [large tent such as is called] مِظَلَّة, and of a خِبَآء.
13 And A tall palm-tree: or the tallest of palm-trees: so called in the dial. of ElYemámeh: or a smooth palmtree: or a palm-tree [the head of] which may be reached by the hand: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] طَرِيقٌ .
2 [It is also used for أَهْلُ طَرِيقَةٍ: and in like manner the pl., for أَهْلُ طَرَائِقَ. Thus,] كُنَّا طَرَائِقَ قِدَدًا, in the Kur [lxxii. 11], means
3 [Also
4 [And
5 Also A line, streak, or stripe, in a thing: [and a crease, or wrinkle; often used in this sense:] and [its pl.] طَرَائِقُ signifies the lines, or streaks, that are called حُبُك, of a helmet. The طَرِيقَة [or line] that is in the upper part of the back: and the line, or streak, that extends upon [i. e. along] the back of the ass. [A vein, or seam, in a rock or the like. A track in stony or rugged land &c. A narrow strip of ground or land, and of herbage.] An extended piece or portion [i. e. a strip] of sand; and likewise of fat; and [likewise of flesh; or] an oblong piece of flesh.
6 [Hence, app.,] ثَوْبٌ طَرَائِقُ A garment old and worn out [as though reduced to strips or shreds].
7 ذَاتُ طَرَائِقَ and فِيهَا طَرَائِقُ are phrases used, the latter by Dhu-r-Rummeh, in describing a spear-shaft (قَنَاة) shrunk by dryness [app. meaning Having lines, or what resemble wrinkles, caused by shrinking].
8 And طَرَائِقُ signifies also The last remains of the soft and best portions of pasturage.
9 And The stages of Heaven; so called because they lie one above another: [for] السَّمٰوَاتُ سَبْعُ طَرَائِقَ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ [The Heavens are seven stages, one above another]; and they have mentioned [likewise] the stages of the earth [as seven in number: and of hell also: see دَرَكٌ]. See also طَرَقَةٌ.
10 Accord. to Lth, طَرِيقَةٌ signifies also Any أُحْدُورَة, or أُخْدُودَة, [neither of which words have I found in any but this passage, nor do I know any words nearly resembling them except أُحْدُور and أُخْدُود, of which they may be mistranscriptions, or perhaps dial. vars., the former signifying a declivity, slope, or place of descent, and the latter a furrow, trench, or channel,] of the earth or ground: or [any] border, or side, (صَنِفَة,) of a garment, or piece of cloth; or of a thing of which one part is stuck upon another, or of which the several portions are stuck one upon another; and in like manner of colours [similarly disposed].
11 And A web, or thing woven, of wool, or of [goats'] hair, a cubit in breadth, or less, and in length four cubits, or eight cubits, [or] proportioned to the size of the tent in its length, which is sewed in the place where the شِقَاق [or oblong pieces of cloth that compose the main covering of the tent] meet, from the كِسْر [q. v.] to the كِسْر; [it is app. sewed beneath the middle of the tent-covering, half of its breadth being sewed to one شُقَّة and the other half thereof to the other middle شُقَّة; and sometimes, it seems, there are three طَرَائِق, one in the middle and one towards each side; for it is added,] and in them are the heads of the tentpoles, [these generally consisting of three rows, three in each row,] between which and the طرائق
12 Also A tent pole; any one of the poles of a tent: a خِبَآء has one طريقة: a بَيْت has two and three and four [and more]: and the part between two poles is called مَتْنٌ: (AZ, TA in art. زبع:) or the pole of a [large tent such as is called] مِظَلَّة, and of a خِبَآء.
13 And A tall palm-tree: or the tallest of palm-trees: so called in the dial. of ElYemámeh: or a smooth palmtree: or a palm-tree [the head of] which may be reached by the hand: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] طَرِيقٌ .
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