عرق

مَعْرَقٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1 in the sense first expl. in this art. (S, O, K.) -A2- [And a noun of place, signifying A place of sweat or of sweating of an animal; such as the armpit and the groin: pl. مَعَارِقُ. ― -b2- Hence,] مَعَارِقُ الرَّمْلِ i. q. اآبَاطُهُ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) The places where the main body of the sand ends, and where it is thin, not deep ]: likened to the مَعَارِق of the animal. (TA.) ― -b3- And معرق [thus in my original; perhaps مَعْرَقٌ, as denoting “ a place of sweat, ” like مَمْطَرٌ from المَطَرُ; or ↓ مِعْرَقٌ, as being likened to a utensil, like مِمْطَرٌ, and as being in form agreeable with many words denoting articles of dress;] signifies An innermost garment for imbibing the sweat, lest it should reach to the garments of pride [i. e. the outer garments ]. (TA.)