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عبق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَبَقَةٌ ذ Feculence (وَضَرٌ) of clarified butter, [ adhering to the interior ] in a skin; (IDrd, S, O, K;) also termed عَبَكَةٌ; (IDrd, O, TA;) and عَمَقَةٌ, in which the م is asserted by Lh to be a substitute for ب. (TA.) And one says, مَا فِى النِّحْىِ عَبَقَةٌ, meaning There is not aught [ remaining ] of clarified butter in the skin; (S, O;) as also عَبَكَةٌ. (S and O in art. عبك.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says also, مَا بَقِيتْ لَهُمْ عَبَقَةٌ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ There remained not to them ] any relic [ of their possessions ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

عَبَقَةٌ
  1. 1.
مَا فِى
النِّحْىِ عَبَقَةٌ
مَا بَقِيتْ لَهُمْ عَبَقَةٌ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ