عرق

عِرَاقٌ ذ The double suture that is in the lower part of the [leathern water-bag called] مَزَادَة and رَاوِيَة; (Lth, O, K;) and this is of the firmest kinds of suture therein: (Lth, O:) or the suture that is in the middle of the قِرْبَة [or water-skin]: (TA:) or the piece [or strip ] of skin that is put upon the place where the two extremities, or edges, of the [ main ] skin meet when it is sewed in, or upon, the lower part of the مزادة: (K:) or the appertenance of the قربة, and of the مزادة, &c., which is [ a strip of skin ] doubled and then sewed [ thereon thus ] doubled: (Msb:) or, accord. to AZ, the [ piece of ] skin that is doubled, and then sewed upon the lower part of the [water-skin or milk-skin called] سِقَاآء: (S:) and, (K,) accord. to As, (S, O,) i. q. طِبَابَةٌ; (S, O, K;) i. e. the piece of skin with which the punctures of the seams are covered: (S, O: see also عَرَقٌ, latter half: [and see طِبَابَةٌ:]) pl. عُرُقٌ (Lth, AZ, S, O, K, TA) and عُرْقٌ (TA) and أَعْرِقَةٌ; (Lth, O, TA;) the last a pl. of pauc. (Lth, O.) And عِرَاقُ السُّفْرَةِ signifies The suture surrounding the [ round piece of skin called ] سُفْرَة [q. v.]. (K.) ― -b2- Also Nearness, together, of the stitch-holes in a skin or hide: [so I render تَقَارُبُ الخرزِ; reading الخُرَزِ: and it seems to mean also uniformity thereof: for it is added,] hence the prov., لِأَمْرِهِ عِرَاقٌ, meaning (assumed tropical:) His affair is uniform, right, or rightly disposed. (TA.) ― -b3- Also The side, or shore, (Lth, O, K,) of water, (K,) or of a sea, or great river, along the whole length thereof. (Lth, O, K. * [It is said in the K that عُرُقٌ is pl. of عِرَاقٌ in this sense: but afterwards, that the pl. of the latter in all its senses is أَعْرِقَةٌ also; to which the TA adds عُرْقٌ.]) And accord. to AZ, Any pasturage adjacent to a great river or a sea. (TA.) And عِرَاقُ النَّهْرِ, (K,) or الرَّكِيبِ, (TA,) The border of the rivulet [ for irrigation ] (K, TA) by which the water enters a حَائِط [i. e. garden, or garden of palm-trees surrounded by a wall ], (TA,) from its nearest to its furthest extremity. (K, TA.) ― -b4- Also The قُطْر [app. meaning side (but see this word)] of a mountain, by itself; [or so, perhaps, عِرَاقُ جَبَلٍ;] and so ↓ عِرْقٌ [or عِرْقُ جَبَلٍ]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b5- And, as also ↓ عِرْقٌ, Remains of the [ plants, or trees, called ] حَمْض. (K.) ― -b6- عِرَاقُ الدَّارِ The court, or yard, in front, or extending from the sides, of the house. (IB, K.) ― -b7- عِرَاقُ الأُذُنِ The circuit, or surrounding edge, of the ear. (K.) ― -b8- عِرَاقُ الظُّفُرِ The flesh surrounding the nail. (K, * TA.) ― -b9- عِرَاقُ الحَشَا The intestines that are above the navel, lying breadthwise, or across, in the belly. (K.) ― -b10- And عِرَاقٌ signifies also The inside of feathers. (AA, K.) ― -b11- The عِرَاقَانِ of the horse's saddle are The two edges of the دَفَّتَانِ, at the fore part of the saddle and its hinder part. (IDrd, TA voce قَرَبُوسٌ, q. v.) -A2- [Also A pace, or rate of going. ] One says in relation to a horse, on the occasion of drawing forth the sweat, and of careful tending, and fattening, اِحْمِلْهُ عَلَى العِرَاقِ الأَعْلَى وَالعِرَاقِ الأَسْفَلِ, meaning [ Urge, or make, thou him to go ] the vehement pace and the inferior pace. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA.) -A3- العِرَاقُ is the name of A certain country, (S, O, Msb, K,) well known, (Msb, K,) extending from 'Abbádán to El-Mow- sil in length and from El-Kádiseeyeh to Hulwán in breadth; (K;) masc. and fem.: (S, O, Msb, K:) said to be so named because upon the عِرَاق, i. e. “ side, ” or “ shore, ” of the Tigris and Euphrates: (O, * K: [in which, and in other works, several other supposed derivations are mentioned, but such as I think too fanciful to deserve notice:]) accord. to some, it is arabicized, (S, O, Msb, K,) from a Pers. appellation, (S, O,) i. e. from اـِيرَان شَهْر, (As, O, * K, TA,) of which the meaning is [said to be] “ having many palmtrees and [other] trees; ” (K;) but [SM justly says,] in my opinion the meaning requires consideration. (TA.) ― -b2- العِرَاقَانِ is an appellation of El-Basrah and El-Koofeh. (S, O, K.)