شق

شَقِيقٌ ذ : see شِقٌّ, in five places. ― -b2- شَقِيقُ البَرْقِ [so in a copy of the M, but the right reading may be شَقِيقَةُ البَرْقِ, which occurs in the next sentence of the M,] i. q. عَقِيقَتُهُ [expl. in the S, in art. خفو, as meaning Lightning that cleaves the clouds, and extends high, into the midst of the sky, without going to the right and left: but see شَقِيقَةٌ]. (M.) -A2- Also A calf that has become firm, or strong: (O, K:) and applied likewise to (assumed tropical:) a man [ that has become so; by way of comparison]: (O:) or a bull such as is termed جَذَعٌ [i. e. in his second, or third, year ]. (JK.)