علط

عِلَاطٌ ذ The side of the neck: (K:) the عِلَاطَانِ are the two sides of the neck (S, O, K) of anything [i. e. of any creature]. (O.) ― -b2- And A brand (S, O, K) on the neck of a camel, (S, O,) breadthwise, (S,) on the side (عُرْض [in the CK عَرْض]) of his neck: (K, TA:) this is [said to be] its primary meaning: or, accord. to IDrd, a brand on the side of the cheek of a camel: (O:) or, accord. to the R, on the base of the neck: in the book of Ibn-Habeeb, said to be on the neck breadthwise; sometimes a single line, sometimes two lines, and sometimes several lines, on each side: (TA:) and ↓ اـِعْلِيطٌ signifies the same: the pl. (of عِلَاطٌ, TA) is أَعْلِطَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and عُلُطٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b3- See also عُلْطَةٌ. ― -b4- Also A rope which is put upon the neck of a camel. (S, O, K.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) The thread of the needle. (Lth, O, TA.) ― -b6- And [hence] العِلَاطُ, (K, TA,) or عِلَاطُ الشَّمْسِ, (Lth, O,) (tropical:) What is, when one looks at it, as though it were thread [ proceeding from the sun, app. when its light enters through an aperture in a wall or the like into a dark, or shady, place ]. (Lth, O, K, * TA. * [In the K expl. as meaning خَيْطُ الشَّمْسِ. See also خَيْطُ البَاطِلِ, in art. خيط.]) ― -b7- And عِلَاطُ النُّجُومِ (tropical:) What is suspended to the stars: [as though meaning the rays proceeding from the stars: ] pl. أَعْلَاطٌ [which is also pl. of عُلُطٌ, q. v.]. (TA.) [But this is app. a conjectural explanation, suggested by a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s- Salt, incorrectly cited by Lth, and after him by Az, in which what are termed أَعْلَاطُ النُّجُومِ, or أَعْلَاطُ الكَوَاكِبِ, (see عُلُطٌ,) are described as being كَحَبْلِ الفَرْقِ, i. e. “ like the cord of flax, ” thus expl. by Az; whereas the right reading, as is stated in the O and TA, is كَخَيْلِ القِرْقِ; by القِرْق being meant the game thus called, and also called السُّدَّرُ; to which is added in the TA, that the خَيْل thereof are the stones used therein.] -A2- Also (tropical:) Contention, altercation, dispute, or litigation; and evil, or mischief; (K, TA;) and inimical, or hostile, treatment; or evildoing that obliges one to return evil: (TA:) or the branding, or stigmatizing, with evil. (S, * O.)