عِرْقَاةٌ
Root: عرق
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عِرْقَاةٌ
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عَرْقَاةٌ and
عِرْقَةٌ A root, race, stock, or source; syn. أَصْلٌ: or a source of wealth or property: or the main portion of the root of a tree. from which the
عُرُوق [or minor roots] branch off: or, as some say, عِرْقَاةٌ has this last meaning; or, as others say, عِرْقَةٌ . They said, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ and عِرْقَاتِهِمْ; if they pronounced the first letter with fet-h, they so pronounced the last letter [before the pronoun]; and if they pronounced the former with kesr, they thus pronounced the latter, regarding the word as pl. of
عِرْقَةٌ : or, accord. to Lth, the Arabs are related to have said, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ عِرْقَاتَهُمْ, meaning شَأْفَتَهُمْ [i. e. May God utterly destroy their race, stock, or family], pronouncing the ت with nasb because regarding the word as [a sing.] like سِعْلَاةٌ; or holding it to be pl. of
عِرْقَةٌ , but pronouncing the تَ thus like as they do in saying رَأَيْتُ بَنَاتَكَ: it is said, however, that this is a mistake; that only he should pronounce it thus who makes the word to be a sing. like سِعْلَاةٌ. [The saying is a prov., mentioned by Meyd, who adds another reading, namely, عَرَقَاتهم, holding this to be from
meaning “ the طُرَّة that is woven around the فُسْطَاط: ” and Freytag, in his Lexicon, adds also عَرِقاتَه, with nasb, as on the authority of Meyd; in whose “ Proverbs ” I do not find it.]
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