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عَذَقَ

Root: عذق

Form: 1

Full Definition

عَذَقَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَذْقٌ, He appended to the sheep, or goat, a sign whereby the latter might be known, termed عَذْقَةٌ and , being a flock of wool, differing in colour from the animal: some particularize the animal to which this is done as being a goat: and signifies the same.
2 Hence the saying, مَنْ عُذِقَتْ بِهِ الأَعْمَالُ أُعْلِقَتْ بِهِ الآمَالُ [The person to whom offices of administration are assigned, to him hopes are made to cling].
3 Hence also, عَذَقَ الرَّجُلَ, or عَذَقَهُ بِشَرٍّ or بِقَبِيحٍ, He reproached him, or upbraided him, with a thing that was bad, evil, abominable, or foul, and stigmatized him with it, so that he became known thereby.
4 And عَذَقَهُ إِلَى كَذَا i. e. نَسَبَهُ إِلَيْهِ [commonly meaning نَسَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا He attributed, or imputed, to him such a thing].

def.2 عَذَقْتُ النَّخْلَةَ I cut off the branches of the palm-tree: and [in like manner one says] , with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action] or multiplicity [of the objects].

def.3 عَذَقَ said of the [species of sweet rush called] إِذْخِر, It put forth its fruit; as also : or the latter, accord. to IAth, it had عُذُوق [pl. of عِذْقٌ] and شُعَب [pl. of شُعْبَةٌ, i. e. bunches, or sprigs]: or, as some say, it blossomed. And, said of the [species of tree, or plant, called] سَخْبَر, It grew tall.

def.4 عَذَقَ الفَحْلُ عَنِ الإِبِلِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَذْقٌ, The stallion [camel] repelled from the [she-] camels, and drew them together.

def.5 And عَذَقَ البَعِيرُ The camel voided his dung in a thin state.
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