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Form 1فَلَقَهُ5 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarفَلْقٌ

Core sense — he split it, he divided it lengthwise; he made the dawn breakgenerated

1.1he split it, he clove it, he divided it lengthwise—فلّقهُ

.

Maṣdar تَفْلِيقٌ. Or this second form is intensive [or refers to a number of objects].

[By Him who split the grain, making it germinate, and created man, or the soul]—وَٱلَّذِى فَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ

ʿAlee used often to swear by this.

1.1.1He made the dawn [break, or] appear—فَلَقَ الصُّبْحَ

Also الفَجْرَ. Said of God.

1.1.2the palm-tree split, or clove, from around the spathe, so as to disclose it—فلقت النَّخْلَةُ

[Apparently فَلَقَت, the ism fāʿil being فَالِقٌ.]

1.1.3he went far into the land—فَلَقَ فِى الأَرْضِ

. Like غَلَقُ.

Ibn-ʿAbbād; and in the article on غلق.

1.2the plucking of the wool from the hide when it has gone stinking—فَلْقٌ

Maṣdar of فَلَقَ in the phrase فَلَقَ صُوفَ الجِلْدِ; like مَرْقٌ.

[كالمَرَقِّ in the CK is a mistake, for كالمَرْقِ.]

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, aor. فَلِقَ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. فَلْقٌ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) He split it, clave it, or divided it lengthwise; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also فلّقهُ , (S, * K,) inf. n. تَفْلِيقٌ ; (S;) or the latter has an intensive signification [or relates to a number of objects]. (O, * Msb.) 'Alee used often to swear by saying, وَٱلَّذِى فَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ [By Him who clave the grain, making it to germinate, and created, or produced, man, or the soul]. (TA.) [Hence,] فَلَقَ الصُّبْحَ , (S,) or الفَجْرَ , (TA,) said of God, (S, * TA,) He made the dawn [to break, or] to appear. (TA.) فلقت النَّخْلَةُ [app. فَلَقَت , the part. n. being فَالِقٌ , q. v.,] means The palm-tree split, or clave, from [around, i. e. so as to disclose,] the spathe. (TA.) And فَلَقَ فِى الأَرْضِ , aor. فَلِقَ , inf. n. فَلْقٌ , He ment far into the land; like غَلَقُ . (Ibn-'Abbád, O and TA in art. غلق .) And فَلْقٌ , (K,) as inf. n. of فَلَقَ in the phrase فَلَقَ صُوفَ الجِلْدِ , (TK,) signifies The plucking of the wool of the bide when it has become stinking; like مَرْقٌ . (K, TA. [ كالمَرَقِّ , in the CK, is a mistake, for كالمَرْقِ .])
Form 2فَلَّقَ1 sense

Core sense — he split it in pieces, he split it in many placesgenerated

2.1

Its meaning is given under form 1, first sentence: he split it, in pieces or in many places.

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see above, first sentence.
Form 4افلق3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he did something wonderful; he brought about a calamity; he became skilledgenerated

4.1he did, or said, what was admirable, or wonderful—افتلق

Said of a man, and of a poet in his poetry.

[From فِلْقٌ.]

4.1.1he brought about what was a calamity—افتلق
[you have brought about] what is a calamity—أَعْلَقْتَ وَأَفْلَقْتَ

Said to a man; it means جِئْتَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ.

4.1.2he was, or became, skilled in the affair—افلق فِى الأمْرِ
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He did, or performed, or he uttered, what was admirable, or wonderful; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) said of a man, (S, O, TA,) and (TA) of a poet, (S, * O, * Msb, K, TA,) in his poetry; (TA;) as also افتلق . (S, K.) [From فِلْقٌ , q, v.] And He brought to pass that which was a calamity; (K;) as also افتلق . (Lh, TA.) One says to a man, أَعْلَقْتَ وَأَفْلَقْتَ i. e. جِئْتَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ , meaning [Thou hast brought to pass] that which is a calamity. (S, O, K. *) And افلق فِى الأمْرِ He was, or became, skilled in the affair. (TA.)
Form 5تَفَلَّقَ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it split in pieces; it curdled; the dawn brokegenerated

5.1the egg cracked in several places, but did not split apart—تَصَدَّعَتِ البَيْضَةُ وَلَمْ تَتَفَلَّقْ

For the basic meaning see form 7, first sentence: it became split, or split in many places.

Az; in the article on قيض.

it became curdled by reason of intense sourness—تفلّق

Said of milk of the kind called رَائِب.

Or, as Az heard it from some of the Arabs: being collected in a skin and struck by the heat of the sun, it curdled, so that the milk, or curds, separated from the whey. They dislike drinking such milk.

5.1.1the dawn broke—تفلّق الصَّبْحُ

See form 7.

5.1.2he became big, or bulky, and fat, or plump—تفلّق

Said of a boy; see form Q. Q. 2.

5.1.3

See also form 8, in two places.

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see 7, first sentence. [Hence] one says, تَصَدَّعَتِ البَيْضَةُ وَلَمْ تَتَفَلَّقْ [The egg cracked, or rather cracked in several places, but did not split apart, or did not split much]. (Az, S in art. قيض .) And of milk such as is termed رَائِب [q. v.] one says تفلّق meaning It became dissundered, or curdled, by reason of intense sourness: or, as heard by Az from some of the Arabs, it, being collected in a skin, and smitten by the heat of the sun, became dissundered, or curdled, so that the milk [or curds] became separate [from the whey]: and of such milk they loathe the drinking. (TA.) And تفلّق الصَّبْحُ : see 7. تفلّق said of a boy: see Q. Q. 2. See also 8, in two places.
Form 7انفلق2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became split, it split asunder; the dawn brokegenerated

7.1it became split, cleft, or divided lengthwise—تفلّق

[Or] it means تَشَقَّقَ, that is, it became split much, or in pieces, or in several or many places.

The first form occurs in the Qur, 26:63, said of the sea, meaning it clove asunder.

Qur’ān 26:64 approximate — somewhere between 26:20 and 26:189 Lane cites “Kur xxvi. 63”
Qur’ān 26:63 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

7.1.1the dawn broke—انفلق الصُّبْحُ

It is given in the article on عطس.

the dawn broke—تفلّق
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 7
26:63
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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It became split, cleft, or cloven, or divided lengthwise; it split, clave, or clave asunder; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also تفلّق ; (S, Mgh, * K;) [or] the latter signifies تَشَقَّقَ [i. e. it became split, &c., much, or in pieces, or in several or many places]. (O, Msb.) The former occurs in the Kur xxvi. 63, said of the sea [as meaning It clave asunder]. (O.) [Hence,] انفلق الصُّبْحُ (S and K in art. عطس ) and تفلّق (TA in the present art.) The dawn broke. (TA in explanation of the latter.)
Form 8افتلق1 sense

Core sense — he strove so that his violent running caused wondergenerated

8.1he passed along doing what was wonderful by the violence of his running—مَرَّ يَفْتَلِقُ فِى عَدْوِهِ

Said of a man: he strove, or exerted himself, so that he caused wonder by the violence of his running; also تفلّق and تَفَيْلَقَ.

he passed along doing what was wonderful by the violence of his running—يَتَفَلَّقُ فِيهِ
he passed along doing what was wonderful by the violence of his running—يَتَفَيْلَقُ

on this sense See also form 4, in two places.

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He (a man, TA) strove, or exerted himself, so that he excited wonder by reason of his vehemence in running; as also تفلّق and تَفَيْلَقَ . (K.) One says, مَرَّ يَفْتَلِقُ فِى عَدْوِهِ , (S, O,) and يَتَفَلَّقُ فِيهِ , and يَتَفَيْلَقُ , (O,) He passed along doing what was wonderful by reason of his vehemence in his running. (S, O.) See also 4, in two places.
Form Q. Q. 2تَفَيْلَقَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he became big, or bulky, and fat, said of a boygenerated

Q. Q. 2.1he became big, or bulky, and fat, or plump—تفلّق

Said of a boy.

Both words are mentioned in the Nawādir.

Q. Q. 2.1.1

See also form 8, in two places.

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, said of a boy, He became big, or bulky, and fat, or plump; (O, K, TA;) as also تفلّق ; both mentioned in the “ Nawádir. ” (TA.) See also 8, in two places.

Derived nouns 28

Nounفَلْقٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a split, a fissure or cleft, especially in a mountaingenerated

1a split, fissure, cleft, or division lengthwise—فَلَقٌ

AHeyth said the first of the two forms is the more correct. Synonym شَقٌّ; plural فُلُوقٌ.

a fissure, or cleft, in a mountain—فَلَقٌ

[Or فَلْقٌ?] The synonym given is شَقٌّ; and so also فَالِقٌ, and a شِعْب [apparently meaning a gap, or ravine, or pass].

I passed by a stony tract in which were fissures, or clefts—مَرَرْتُ بِحَرَّةٍ فِيهَا فُلُوقٌ

That is, شُقُوقً; such a stony tract is termed حَرَّة.

in his foot, or leg, are fissures, or clefts—فِى رِجْلِهِ فُلُوقٌ

That is, شُقُوقٌ.

he spoke to me from out the fissure of his mouth—كَلَّمَنِى مِنْ فَلْقِ فِيهِ

That is, with his lips, not by means of a spokesman. Also فِلْقِ فِيهِ, but the first is the better known; it means مِنْ شَقِّهِ.

he struck him on the parting of his hair, the middle of his head—ضرَبَهُ عَلَى فَلْقِ رَأْسِهِ
1.1

See also فَلَقٌ.

2

And see the last quarter of the next entry.

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, (AHeyth, TA,) or فَلَقٌ , (S, O, TA,) the former said by AHeyth to be the more correct, (TA,) A split, fissure, cleft, or longitudinal division; syn. شَقٌّ : pl. فُلُوقٌ : (S, O, TA:) and فَلَقٌ (Lh, K, TA) [or فَلْقٌ ?] signifies also [particularly] a fissure, or cleft, ( شَقٌّ ) in a mountain; (Lh, K, TA;) and so فَالِقٌ : (K, TA:) and a شِعْب [app. meaning gap, or ravine, or pass]. (TA.) One says, مَرَرْتُ بِحَرَّةٍ فِيهَا فُلُوقٌ , meaning شُقُوقً [i. e. I passed by a stony tract such as is termed حَرَّة in which were fissures, or clefts]. (S, O.) And فِى رِجْلِهِ فُلُوقٌ i. e. شُقُوقٌ [In his foot, or leg, are fissures or clefts]. (As, S, O, * K.) And كَلَّمَنِى مِنْ فَلْقِ فِيهِ (Lh, S, O, K) and فِلْقِ فِيهِ , (Lh, S, K,) the former of which is the more known, (TA,) meaning مِنْ شَقِّهِ [He spoke to me from out the fissure of his mouth, i. e., with his lips, not by means of a spokesman]. (K.) And ضرَبَهُ عَلَى فَلْقِ رَأْسِهِ He struck him on the place where his hair was separated, the middle of his head. (TA.) See also فَلَقٌ . And see the paragraph here following, last quarter.
Nounفِلْقٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a wonderful thing; a calamity; a bow made from half a split branchgenerated

1

See the preceding entry: a split, fissure, or cleft.

2

See also فِلْقَةٌ, in two places.

2.1each of the two bows made from a rod split in halves—فِلْقٌ

A rod, or branch, split in two, [that is, in halves,] from which two bows are then made.

each half of what is split in this way—فِلْقٌ

The half is كُلُّ شِقٍّ [in the CK شَقٍّ].

a bow made of half a branch, the branch being split in two—قَوْسٌ فِلْقٌ
a bow whose wood had first been split into two or three pieces—فِلْقٌ
a bow whose piece of wood has been split in two pieces—فَلِيقٌ

Lh: it is used in this way as an adjective.

AHn says this.

AHn also says this; apparently it stands for قَوْسٌ فَلِيقٌ.

[See also شَرِيجٌ, in two places; and see فَرْعٌ.]

3a wonderful thing, affair, or case—فَلِيقٌ

Also فَيْلَقٌ and فَلِيقَةٌ; an example of the last occurs in the proverb: [O my wonder at this wonderful thing! Does the ringworm really overcome the spittle?]

shāhid
يَا عَجَبِى لِهٰذَهِ الفَلِيقَهٌهَلْ تَغْلِبَنَّ القُوَبَآءُ الرِّيقَهُ

AA says the meaning is that he wondered at the change in what usually happens; the spittle usually drives away the ringworm, so he spat upon his ringworm, but it was not healed.

القوبآء is made the agent, and الريقة the object.

3.1a calamity, or misfortune—فِلْقَةٌ

According to the CK فَلْقٌ. Also فَلِيقٌ, فَلِيقَةٌ, فَلْقَى or فَلَقَى, فَيْلَقٌ, and مَفْلَقَةٌ.

O [come with help] against the calamity—يَا لِلْفَلِيقَةِ
[he brought about] what was a calamity—جَآءَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ

So the Arabs say.

It is imperfectly declinable. And بِعُلَقً فُلَقٍ; or this means a very wonderful thing.

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: see the next preceding paragraph. See also فِلْقَةٌ , in two places. Also A rod, or branch, that is split in two, (S, O, K,) [i. e., in halves,] and of which are then made two bows, each whereof is termed فِلْقٌ , (S, O,) [or] each half ( كُلُّ شِقٍّ [in the CK شَقٍّ ]) of what is thus split is termed فِلْقٌ : (K, TA:) and thus is termed a bow that is made of the half of a branch, (K, TA,) the branch being split in two; and it is also termed قَوْسٌ فِلْقٌ , the latter word being thus used as an epithet, on the authority of Lh: or, as AHn says, the bow termed فِلْقٌ is one of which the wood whereof it has been made has been previously split in two, or three, pieces: and he also says that فَلِيقٌ [app. for قَوْسٌ فَلِيقٌ ] signifies a bow of which the piece of wood has been split in two pieces. (TA.) [See also شَرِيجٌ , in two places: and see فَرْعٌ .] Also A wonderful thing or affair or case; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also فَلِيقٌ , (K,) and فَيْلَقٌ , (TA,) and فَلِيقَةٌ , (O, * TA,) of which last an ex. occurs in the prov., 1 [O my wonder at this wonderful thing! Does the ringworm indeed overcome the spittle?]: AA says, the meaning is, that he was in wonder at the alteration of usual occurrences; for the spittle usually dispels the ringworm, so he spat upon his ringworm, but it did not become healed: القوبآء is made an agent; and الريقة , an objective complement. (O, TA.) يَا عَجَبِى لِهٰذَهِ الفَلِيقَهٌ | هَلْ تَغْلِبَنَّ القُوَبَآءُ الرِّيقَهُ And A calamity, or misfortune; (S, O, K;) as also فِلْقَةٌ , (K, TA, accord. to the CK فَلْقٌ ,) and فَلِيقٌ , (O, K,) and فَلِيقَةٌ , (S, O, K,) and فَلْقَى (K, TA) or فَلَقَى , (TA,) and فَيْلَقٌ , (O and CK,) and مَفْلَقَةٌ . (IDrd, O, K.) The Arabs say, يَا لِلْفَلِيقَةِ O [come with succour] to the calamity. (S, O.) And جَآءَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ , (S, O, K,) imperfectly decl., (S, O,) i. e. [He brought to pass] that which was a calamity: (S, O, K:) and بِعُلَقً فُلَقٍ : (O, K:) or this means a very wonderful thing. (TA.)
Nounفَلَقٌ9 senses · 6 main

Core sense — daybreak, dawn; a low tract between two hills; the whole creationgenerated

1

See فَلْقٌ, first sentence, in two places.

1.1the daybreak, or dawn—فَلْقٌ

The daybreak, or dawn. It is mentioned by Z and others, and the headword has been explained in this sense in the Qur, 113:1.

Or what has broken of the عَمُود of the dawn — that is, of the bright gleam of dawn; of the dawn that rises and spreads, filling the horizon with its whiteness; or the extending light that is like the long tent called عَمُود; or simply the light of daybreak; or the appearing of daybreak.

the light, and bright shining, of daybreak or dawn—فَلَقُ الصُّبْحِ
[it is more distinct than what has broken of the bright gleam of dawn]—هُوَأَبْيَنُ مِنْ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ
[it is more distinct than what has broken of the bright gleam of dawn]—فَرَقِ الصُّبْحِ
Lane cites “Kur cxiii. 1” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.2

And hence, the clear appearing of the truth after it had been doubtful.

2a low, or depressed, place of the earth between two hills, or elevated grounds—فَالِقٌ
a place in the midst of mountains, giving growth to trees—فَالِقَةٌ

Aboo-Kheyreh, or some other of the Arabs of the desert: a place where people alight and where camels, or other cattle, remain during the cold night; and the فَالِق is of hard, or hard and level, ground.

The plural of فَلَقٌ is فُلْقَانٌ, and أَفْلَاقٌ also.

Or فَلَقٌ, or فَالِقٌ, means a wide tract of land or ground between two extended tracts of sand; the plural of the latter word is فُلْقَانٌ, as حُجْرَانٌ is the plural of حَاجِرٌ.

3Hell—الفَلَقُ

Synonym جَهَنَّمُ; or a certain well in it. Es-Suddee.

4

The whole creation; all the beings, or things, that are created. According to some this is the meaning in the Qur, 113:1.

Lane cites “Kur cxiii. 1” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
5[O son of the drinker of what is left in the bowl]—يَا ٱبْنَ شَارِبِ الفَلَقِ

Said in reviling a person, charging him with meanness.

What remains of milk in the bottom of the bowl.

5.1milk that has curdled by reason of sourness—مُتَفَلِّقٌ

The headword has this meaning as well.

6the stocks of the keeper of a prison—مِقْطَرَة
[such a one passed the night] in fear and in the stocks—بَاتَ فُلَانٌ فِى الشَّفَقِ وَالفَلَقِ مِنَ الشَّفَقِ إِلَى الفَلَقِ

A piece of wood in which are holes of the size of the shank, where men are confined — thieves and waylayers — in a row.

The saying is Z's; مقطرة means from the time of the redness of the region of sunset after the sun has set until the dawn.

See also فَلَقَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences فَلَق
113:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see فَلْقٌ , first sentence, in two places. Also The daybreak, or dawn; (S, O, K;) as also فَلْقٌ , mentioned by Z and others; (TA;) and thus the former has been expl. as signifying in the Kur cxiii. 1: (S, O, TA:) or what has broken ( انفلق ) of the عَمُود of the dawn; (Fr. K, TA;) i. e. [of the bright gleam of dawn; of the dawn that rises and spreads, filling the horizon with its whiteness; or] the extending light that is like the [long tent called] عَمُود : (TA:) or [simply] the light of daybreak or dawn: (Msb, K: *) or the appearing of the daybreak or dawn: (Zj, TA:) and فَلَقُ الصُّبْحِ signifies the light, and shining, or bright shining, of the daybreak or dawn: (TA:) one says, هُوَأَبْيَنُ مِنْ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ and فَرَقِ الصُّبْحِ [It is more distinct than what has broken of the bright gleam of dawn]. (O, TA.) And [hence,] The plain appearing of the truth after its having been dubious. (TA.) Also A law, or depressed, place of the earth, between two kills, or elevated grounds; (As, S, O, K;) as also فَالِقٌ , (S, O, K,) and فَالِقَةٌ , (K,) which last is said by Aboo-Kheyreh, or some other, of the Arabs of the desert, to be in the midst of mountains, giving growth to trees, a place where people alight and where camels, or other cattle, remain during the cold night, saying that the فَالِق is of hard, or hard and level, ground; (TA:) and the pl. of فَلَقٌ is فُلْقَانٌ (S, K, TA) and أَفْلَاقٌ also: (TA:) or فَلَقٌ , (K,) or فَالِقٌ , (TA,) signifies a wide tract of land or ground, between two extended tracts of sand; (K, TA;) and the pl. of the latter word is فُلْقَانٌ , like as حُجْرَانٌ is pl. of حَاجِرٌ . (TA.) And الفَلَقُ signifies Hell; syn. جَهَنَّمُ : (K:) or a certain well ( جُبٌّ ) therein. (Es-Suddee, O, K.) And The whole creation; all the beings, or things, that are created. (Zj, S, O, K.) This, accord. to some, is the meaning in the Kur cxiii. 1. (S, O.) And What remains, of milk, in the bottom of the bowl; whence one says, (in reviling a person, attributing to him meanness, TA,) يَا ٱبْنَ شَارِبِ الفَلَقِ [O son of the drinker of what remains &c.]. (K, TA.) And The milk that is in a dissundered, or curdled, state, by reason of sourness; as also مُتَفَلِّقٌ . (K.) And The مِقْطَرَة of the keeper of a prison; (S, O, * K;) i. e. [a kind of stocks;] a piece of wood in which are holes of the size of the shank, wherein men are confined, (K, TA,) i. e. thieves and waylayers, (TA,) in a row: (K, TA:) whence the saying of Z, بَاتَ فُلَانٌ فِى الشَّفَقِ وَالفَلَقِ مِنَ الشَّفَقِ إِلَى الفَلَقِ i. e. [Such a one passed the night] in fear and the مقطرة [from the time of the redness of the region of sunset after the setting of the sun until the dawn]. (TA.) See also فَلَقَةٌ .
Nounجَآءَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ1 sense

Core sense — he brought about a calamity, or something very wonderfulgenerated

1

And بِعُلَقٍ فُلَقٍ: see فِلْقٌ, last sentence.

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: and بِعُلَقٍ فُلَقٍ : see فِلْقٌ , last sentence.
Nounالفَلْقَةُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a brand beneath a camel's ear, a ring divided by an upright linegenerated

1

A certain brand, beneath the ear of a camel, in the form of a ring in the middle of which is an upright line dividing it [from top to bottom, and, in some copies of the K, extending downwards so that about half of its length is below the ring].

[In some copies of the K it is drawn, but somewhat differently in different copies.]

1.1

See also فَلَقَةٌ.

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A certain brand, beneath the ear of a camel, (O, K,) in the form of a ring in the middle of which is a perpendicular line dividing it [from top to bottom, and, in some copies of the K, extending downwards so that about half of its length is below the ring]. (O, K. * [In some copies of the latter it is figured, but somewhat differently in different copies.]) See also فَلَقَةٌ .
Nounفِلْقَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a piece split off from a thing; a fragment of bread or of a bowlgenerated

1a piece [properly one that has been split off] of a thing—فِلْقٌ

Or a fragment, or piece broken off, of bread, or of a bowl such as is called جَفْنَة; or half of such a bowl.

give me the half of the bowl—أَعْطِنِى فِلْقَةَ الجَفْنَةِ

Perhaps meaning, of its contents; or, as some say, one of its divided halves.

The plural of فِلْقَةٌ is فِلَقٌ. [فِلَاقٌ is apparently a plural, like أَفْلَاقٌ (and perhaps فُلُوقٌ, mentioned under فُلَاقٌ), and فُلَاقٌ an ism jamʿ, of فِلْقٌ, all according to analogy.]

the eggs became fragments, or were cleft in many places—البَيْضُ فِلَاقًا صَارَ
the eggs became fragments, or were cleft in many places—فُلَاقًا

That is, أَفْلَاقًا.

[See also فَلَاقٌ and فِلَاقٌ below.]

2

See also فِلْقٌ, last quarter.

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A piece [properly that has been split off] (Mgh, Msb, KL) of a thing; as also فِلْقٌ : (KL:) or a fragment, or piece broken off, (S, O, K, TA) of bread, or of a [bowl such as is termed] جَفْنَة , (TA,) or of this latter the half, (S, O, K, TA,) as in the saying أَعْطِنِى فِلْقَةَ الجَفْنَةِ [Give thou to me the half of the bowl, perhaps meaning, of its contents], (S, O, TA,) or, as some say, one of the divided halves thereof: (TA:) the pl. of فِلْقَةٌ is فِلَقٌ : (Mgh, TA; *) and [ فِلَاقٌ is app. a pl., like أَفْلَاقٌ , (and perhaps فُلُوقٌ , mentioned voce فُلَاقٌ ,) and فُلَاقٌ a quasi-pl. n., of فِلْقٌ , all agreeably with analogy; whence] one says, البَيْضُ فِلَاقًا صَارَ , and فُلَاقًا , meaning أَفْلَاقًا , (S, O, K,) i. e. [The eggs became fragments; or it means, became cleft in pieces; or] became much cleft, or cleft in many places. (K, TA. [See also فَلَاقٌ and فِلَاقٌ below.]) See also فِلْقٌ , last quarter.
Nounفَلَقَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a thick staff used with a rope to secure a man's legsgenerated

1a thick staff for securing a man's legs when he is beaten—فَلَقٌ

In the present day the two ends of a rope are attached to the ends of the staff, and a man's legs are held between the rope and the staff when he is beaten on the soles.

This may perhaps be what is meant in the TA, on the authority of Lh, where الفَلَقَةُ is said to signify الخَشَبَةُ, and so also الفَلْقَةُ.

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[signifies, in the present day, A thick staff, to the ends of which are attacked the two ends of a rope, by means whereof a man's legs are secured, between the rope and the staff, when he is bastinaded; and it is also called فَلَقٌ : this may perhaps be meant by its being said in the TA, on the authority of Lh, that الفَلَقَةُ signifies الخَشَبَةُ ; as also الفَلْقَةُ ].
Nounفَلْقَى1 sense

Core sense — a calamity, or misfortunegenerated

1

Or فَلَقَى: see فِلْقٌ, last quarter.

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, or فَلَقَى : see فِلْقٌ , last quarter.
Nounفَلْقَآءُ الضَّرَّةِ1 sense

Core sense — a ewe, or she-goat, wide in the uddergenerated

1a ewe, or she-goat, wide, or ample, in the udder—شَاةٌ

Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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A ewe, or she-goat, ( شَاةٌ ,) wide, or ample, in the udder. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)
Nounفُلْقَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sheer, unmixed liegenerated

1

A sheer, or an unmixed, lie.

[It is also a plural: see فَلَقٌ, in two places.]

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A sheer, or an unmixed, lie. (IAar, O, K.) [It is also a pl.: see فَلَقٌ , in two places.]
Nounفُلَاقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — milk that has become like cheese, in cleft portions of curdgenerated

1

See فِلْقَةٌ, in two places.

1.1milk becoming, or become, like cheese—فُلُوقٌ

Thus in the O; or فَلُوقٌ, like صَبُورٌ, as in the K, though I think this questionable.

[Or فُلَاقٌ may here be an ism jamʿ of فِلْقٌ, so that the meaning may be, milk that has become cleft portions of curd; and فُلُوقٌ may mean the same, as a plural of فِلْقٌ. See also the next entry.]

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: see فِلْقَةٌ , in two places. Also, (O, K,) and فُلُوقٌ , (thus in the O,) or فَلُوقٌ , like صَبُورٌ , (thus in the K, [but this I think questionable,]) Milk becoming, or become, like cheese: (O, K:) [or فُلَاقٌ may be here a quasi-pl. n. of فِلْقٌ (q. v. voce فِلْقَةٌ ), so that the meaning may be, that has become cleft portions of curd; and فُلُوقٌ may also mean thus as a pl. of فِلْقٌ . See also the next paragraph.]
Nounفِلَاقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — milk becoming thick and sour so that it curdlesgenerated

1

See فِلْقَةٌ, in two places.

1.1

The state of milk becoming thick and sour, so that it curdles, or separates.

[Or it may here be a plural of فِلْقٌ, for in a verse cited by IAar the milk in this case is termed ذُو فِلَاقٍ, so that it may mean the separate portions of curd of milk that has become thick and sour; though it is said in the TA that its plural is فُلُوقٌ, which I think very questionable. See also the preceding entry.]

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: see فِلْقَةٌ , in two places. Also The state of milk's becoming thick and sour, so that it curdles, or becomes dissundered: (IAar, K, TA:) [or it may be here a pl. of فِلْقٌ (q. v. voce فِلْقَةٌ ), for in a verse cited by IAar the milk in this case is termed ذُو فِلَاقٍ , so that it may mean the separate portions of curd of milk that has become thick and sour; though it is said in the TA that its pl. is فُلُوقٌ , for this I think very questionable. See also the next preceding paragraph]
Nounفَلُوقٌ1 sense

Core sense — milk that has curdled by reason of sournessgenerated

1

See فُلَاقٌ.

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: see فُلَاقٌ .
Nounفَلِيقٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the hollow of a camel's under-neck where the windpipe passes; the cephalic veingenerated

1

See فِلْقٌ, former half.

1.1

The depressed place in the جِرَان [or under part of the neck] of the camel, where the windpipe passes.

Lth: the part that is as though it were cleft, of the interior of the neck of the camel.

Or, as some say, the part between the two sinews called the عِلْبَاوَانِ, when the fur between them is as though it were cleft. It is not said in relation to a human being.

1.2[the cephalic vein;] a certain vein in the upper arm—الفَلِيقُ

It runs to the [cartilage called] نُغْضِ of the shoulder-blade; it is the vein of the وَاهِنَة, and is also called الجَائِفُ. [See also الوَرِيدُ.]

Also a certain vein that swells up in the neck.

2

See again فِلْقٌ, in two places.

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: see فِلْقٌ , former half. Also The depressed place in the جِرَان [or under part of the neck] of the camel, where is the passage of the windpipe: (S, O, K:) or, accord. to Lth, the part that is [as though it were] cleft, of the interior of the neck of the camel: (O, TA:) or, as some say, the part between the [two sinews called the] عِلْبَاوَانِ , when the fur between these is [as though it were] cleft: and it is not said in relation to a human being. (TA.) And الفَلِيقُ also signifies [The cephalic vein;] a certain vein in the upper arm, (O, K,) that runs to the [cartilage called] نُغْضِ of the shoulder-blade: it is the vein of the وَاهِنَة ; and is [also] called الجَائِفُ [q. v., and see also الوَرِيدُ .] (O.) And A certain vein that swells up in the neck. (K.) See, again, فِلْقٌ , in two places.
Nounفُلَاقَةُ آجُرٍّ1 sense

Core sense — a piece of baked brickgenerated

1

A piece of baked brick; plural فِلَاقٌ, so in copies of the K.

[Probably a miscopying for فُلَاقٌ, which, if correct, is properly a collective generic noun.]

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A piece of baked brick: (Lh, K:) pl. فِلَاقٌ . (So in copies of the K. [Probably a mistranscription for فُلَاقٌ , which, if correct, is properly a coll. gen. n.])
Nounفَلِيقَةٌ3 senses

Core sense — a quantity of hair collected together; a broth with bread crumbled into itgenerated

1

See فِلْقٌ, in three places.

2

A quantity of hair collected together (فَلِيلَةٌ; in the O the first letter is without any point), or a small quantity of it (قَلِيلَةٌ, thus in some copies of the K). Mentioned by Ibn-ʿAbbād.

3

A sort of broth; so called by the people of El-Medeeneh; it occurs in a tradition as related by Ibráheem El-Harbee.

Or a pottage that is cooked, into which fragments of bread are crumbled.

AA: it is called فَرِيقَةٌ only.

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: see فِلْقٌ , in three places. Also A quantity collected together, ( فَلِيلَةٌ , K, TA, in the O without any point to the first letter,) or a small quantity, ( قَلِيلَةٌ , thus in some copies of the K,) of hair: (O, K, TA:) mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád. (O, TA.) And A sort of broth; thus termed by the people of El-Medeeneh; occurring in a trad. as related by Ibráheem El-Harbee; (O;) or a pottage ( قِدْرٌ ) that is cooked, and into which fragments ( فِلَق , i. e. كِسَر ,) of bread are crumbled: (TA:) but accord. to AA, it is called فَرِيقَةٌ only. (O, TA.)
Nounفُلُّوقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a peach that splits open from around its stonegenerated

1

See مُفَلَّقٌ.

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: see مُفَلَّقٌ .
Nounفُلَّيْقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a peach that splits open from around its stonegenerated

1

See مُفَلَّقٌ.

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: see مُفَلَّقٌ .
Nounفَالِقٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — splitting, cleaving, dividing lengthwise; the Cleaver of the dry graingenerated

1the Cleaver of the dry grain, so that green leaves come from it [and of the date-stone]—فَالِقُ ٱلْحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَى

In the Qur, 6:95; or, as some say, the Creator of it.

[weeping is indeed splitting my liver]—إِنَّ البُكَآءَ فَالِقٌ كَبِدِى

The saying is ʿĀïsheh's.

on this sense Splitting, cleaving, or dividing lengthwise.

1.1He who makes the dawn break—فَالِقٌ الإِصْبَاحِ

In the Qur, 6:96.

Zj: here too فالق has reference to the meaning of Creator.

1.2a palm-tree splitting, or cleaving, from around the spathe, so as to disclose it—نَخْلَةٌ فَالِقٌ

Plural فُلْقٌ.

1.3the veins that divide, so as to form branching veins, in the human being—الفَوَالِقُ

Plural of الفَالِقُ. This is how I render العُرُوقُ المُتَفَلِّقَةُ. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

1.4

See also فَلْقٌ, first sentence.

1.5

And see فَلَقٌ, former half, in three places.

1.6[I left him in the low, or depressed, tract in the midst of] the sand [called El-Wedkà]—خَلَّيْتُهُ بِفَالِقَةِ الوَرِكَةِ

Or, as in the T, بِفَالِقِ الوركآء.

[Thus in the TA, but I think الوركة and الوركآء are clearly miscopyings, and that the right reading is الوَدْكَآءِ, with دال.]

Qur’ānic occurrences فَالِق
6:95
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَالِقُ ٱلْحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَىٰ ۖ يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتِ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

It is Allah Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is Allah: then how are ye deluded away from the truth?

6:96
فَالِقُ ٱلْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ

He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Splitting, cleaving, or dividing lengthwise. (TA.) فَالِقُ ٱلْحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَى , (O, K, *) in the Kur [vi. 95], (O,) means The Cleaver of the dry grain so as to produce therefrom green leaves [and of the date-stone]: or, as some say, the Creator thereof. (O, K. *) And hence the saying of Áïsheh, إِنَّ البُكَآءَ فَالِقٌ كَبِدِى [Verily weeping is cleaving my liver]. (TA.) Hence, also, in the Kur [vi. 96], فَالِقٌ الإِصْبَاحِ He who causeth the dawn to break: in which instance, also, فالق has reference to the meaning of Creator: (O, TA:) so says Zj. (TA.) نَخْلَةٌ فَالِقٌ means A palmtree splitting, or cleaving from [around, i. e. so as to disclose,] the spathe: (O, K, * TA:) pl. فُلْقٌ . (TA.) الفَوَالِقُ as pl. of الفَالِقُ signifies The veins that divide [so as to form ramifying veins (thus I render العُرُوقُ المُتَفَلِّقَةُ )] in the human being. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA.) See also فَلْقٌ , first sentence. And see فَلَقٌ , former half, in three places. خَلَّيْتُهُ بِفَالِقَةِ الوَرِكَةِ , or, as in the T, بِفَالِقِ الوركآء , [thus in the TA, but I think that الوركة and الوركآء are evidently mistran- scriptions, and that the right reading is الوَدْكَآءِ , with دال ,] meaning [I left him in the low, or depressed, tract in the midst of] the sand [called El-Wedkà]. (TA.)
Nounفَيْلَقٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — an army, a great military force; a big man; a silk-worm's cocoongenerated

1[he assailed them] with a formidable great force—رَمَاهُمْ بِفَيْلَقٍ شَهْبَآءَ

An army; a military force; or a great military force such as is called كَتِيبَة. This is the primary meaning, and the only one known to Kt. Plural فَيَالِقُ.

The word used here is كَتِيبَة.

1.1[such a one was tried with a wife] cunning, evil, and clamorous—بُلِىَ فُلَانْ بِٱمْرَأَةٍ فَيْلَقٍ

A great, big, or large, man; it occurs in this sense in a tradition, as an adjective applied to Ed-Dejjál. Kt doubted whether the word was this or فَيْلَمٌ, but Az affirms that both have this meaning.

1.2

See also فِلْقٌ, in two places.

2

[The cocoon of a silk-worm;] the thing from which قَزّ is obtained; an arabicized word.

See under فَيْلَجٌ; mentioned also in the article on فرش.

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An army; a military force: (S, O, K:) or a great [military force such as is termed] كَتِيبَة : (Kt, Msb, TA:) this is the primary signification, and the only one known to Kt: (TA:) pl. فَيَالِقُ . (S, K.) One says, رَمَاهُمْ بِفَيْلَقٍ شَهْبَآءَ , meaning [He assailed them] with a formidable [great] كَتِيبَة . (TA.) And A great, big, or large, man: (O, K:) occurring in this sense in a trad., as an epithet applied to Ed-Dejjál: Kt doubted whether it were thus or فَيْلَمٌ ; but Az affirms that both have this meaning. (O.) And one says, بُلِىَ فُلَانْ بِٱمْرَأَةٍ فَيْلَقٍ , meaning [Such a one was tried, or afflicted, with a woman, or wife,] cunning, evil, and clamourous. (TA.) See also فِلْقٌ , in two places. Also [The cocoon of a silk-worm;] the thing from which قَزّ is obtained; an arabicized word. (Msb voce فَيْلَجٌ , q. v.: mentioned also in the Mgh, in art. فرش .)
Nounفَالِقَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a low, depressed tract of ground; a calamitygenerated

1

As a substantive: see فَلَقٌ, former half; and see also فَالِقٌ, last sentence.

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, as a subst.: see فَلَقٌ , former half: and see also فَالِقٌ , last sentence.
Nounفُتِلَ فُلَانٌ أَفْلَقَ قِتْلَةٍ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he was killed with the most violent kind of killinggenerated

1

It means: such a one was killed with the hardest, or most violent, sort of slaughter.

1.1I have not seen a journey going further in extent than this—مَا رَأَيْتُ سَيْرًا أَفْلَقَ مِنْ هٰذَا
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means Such a one was slain with the hardest, or most violent, sort of slaughter. (Lh, TA.) And مَا رَأَيْتُ سَيْرًا أَفْلَقَ مِنْ هٰذَا I have not seen a journey further in extent than this. (Lh, TA.)
Nounمُفْلِقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a poet who composes poetry wonderfully wellgenerated

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A poet who composes poetry admirably, or wonderfully.

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A poet who poetizes admirably, or wonderfully. (S, O.)
Nounمَفْلَقَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a calamity, or misfortunegenerated

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See فِلْقٌ, last quarter.

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: see فِلْقٌ , last quarter.
Nounمُفَلَّقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a peach or apricot that splits open from its stone and driesgenerated

1such fruit as does not become dry—فَلُّوقٌ

Applied to a peach, an apricot, and the like, that splits, or cleaves, from around its stone, and becomes dry.

With damm to the ف and also to the ل, with teshdeed.

a peach that splits, or cleaves, from around its stone—فُلَّيْقٌ

Or, with damm and then teshdeed, like قُبَّيْطٌ.

such as becomes dry—مُفَلَّقٌ
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, applied to a peach, and an apricot, and the like, that splits, or cleaves, from [around, i. e. so as to disclose,] its stone, and becomes dry: and فَلُّوقٌ , with damm to the ف , and also to the ل , with teshdeed, signifies such as does not become dry: (Msb:) or فُلَّيْقٌ , (S, O, K,) with damm and [then] teshdeed, (S,) like قُبَّيْطٌ , (O, K,) signifies, applied to a peach, that splits, or cleaves, from [around] its stone: and مُفَلَّقٌ , such as becomes dry. (S, K.)
Nounمِفْلَاقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a low, mean man, poor or without property; one who says hateful thingsgenerated

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A man low, ignoble, or mean, and poor, or destitute; or one who possesses no property. Plural مَفَالِيقُ.

To such a man is likened one who possesses no knowledge nor understanding of a legal decision.

Also a man who does, or says, evil, or disliked, or hateful, things.

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A man low, ignoble, or mean, and poor, or destitute: (Lth, O, K:) or one who possesses no property: pl. مَفَالِيقُ : and to such is likened such as possesses no knowledge nor understanding of a juridical decision. (O.) And A man who does, or utters, evil, or disliked, or hateful, things. (TA.)
Nounمَفْلُوقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a camel marked with a certain brandgenerated

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A camel marked with the brand called فَلْقَة.

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A camel marked with the brand termed فَلْقَة [q. v.]. (O, K.)
Nounمُتَفَلِّقٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — splitting in pieces, cracked in several placesgenerated

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See فَلَقٌ, last quarter.

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And see فَالِقٌ.

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: see فَلَقٌ , last quarter: and see فَالِقٌ .