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عزق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِعْزَقَةٌ ذ The implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; (S, O, Msb, K;) [ a kind of hoe, ] resembling the قَدُوم, or larger than this; as also ↓ مِعْزَقٌ: (S, O, K:) accord. to IDrd, the implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; whether it be a فَأْس [meaning hoe ], or a مِسْحَاة [i. e. spade ], or a سِكَّة [i. e. ploughshare ]: and he says, it is a بِيلَة [from the Pers. بِيْلَه meaning a kind of mattock or hoe ] which is curved [ in its blade ]: and some say that it is [particularly] a فَأْس [i. e. hoe ] with two extremities to its [ iron ] head: (TA:) [it is applied in the present day to a kind of hoe with a broad blade: ] pl. مَعَارِقُ. (O, TA.) ― -b2- And, (K,) accord. to IAar, (O,) The forked, or pronged, implement with which wheat is winnowed. (O, K; and L and TA voce حِفْرَاةٌ.)

Derived headwords

مِعْزَقَةٌ
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