علق

عَلَقٌ ذ Anything hung, or suspended. (K.) ― -b2- The suspensory [ cord ] of the بَكْرَة [or pulley of a well ]; (K;) the apparatus of the بِكْرَة, by which it is suspended: (S, O:) and the بَكْرَة [or pulley ] itself; (K, TA;) as some say; and the pl. is أَعْلَاقٌ: (TA:) or [in the CK “ and ”] the wellrope and the large bucket and the مِحْوَر [or pin on which the sheave of the pulley turns ] (K, TA) and the pulley, (TA,) all together; (K, TA;) so says Lh: (TA:) or all the apparatus for drawing water by means of the pulley; comprising the two pieces of wood at the head of the well, the two upper extremities of which are connected by a rope and then fastened to the ground by means of another rope, the two ends of this being extended to two pegs fixed in the ground; the pulley is suspended to the upper parts of the two pieces of wood, and the water is drawn by means of it with two buckets by two drawers: it signifies only the سَانِيَة [here meaning the large bucket with its apparatus ] and all the apparatus consisting of the خُطَّاف [or bent piece of iron which is on each side of the sheave of the pulley and in which is the pin whereon the sheave turns ] and the مِحْوَر [or pin itself ] and the sheave and the نَعَامَتَانِ [app. here meaning the two pieces of wood mentioned above, agreeably with an explanation mentioned voce زُرْنُوقٌ,] and the ropes thereof: so says As, on the authority of Arabs: (TA:) or the rope that is suspended to the pulley: (K:) or, as some say, the rope that is at the upper part of the pulley. (TA.) ― -b3- And The suspensory of a قِرْبَة [or water-skin]; i. e. عَلَقُ القِرْبَةِ signifies the strap by which the قربة is suspended; (TA;) i. q. عَرَقُهَا: (S, O, K, TA:) or the thing with which it is tied and then suspended: or what has remained in it of the grease with which it is greased. (TA.) One says, جَشِمْتُ اـِلَيْكَ عَلَقَ القِرْبَةِ [expl. in arts. جشم and عرق]. (S, O.) ― -b4- Also [ Leeches; ] certain worms, (S,) or certain things resembling worms, (Mgh, Msb,) or certain small creeping things, (O,) or a [ species of ] small creeping thing, (K,) black, (Mgh, Msb,) or red, (TA,) found in water, (S, O, Msb, K,) and having the property of sucking blood, (S, O, K, TA,) and employed to suck the blood from the throat and from sanguineous tumours: (TA:) they cling (Mgh, Msb) to the حَنَك [q. v.] (Mgh) or to the fauces (Msb) of the beast when he drinks, (Mgh, Msb,) and suck the blood: (Msb:) one thereof is termed عَلَقَةٌ. (S, O, Msb.) ― -b5- And Clay that clings to the hand. (K.) ― -b6- And Blood, in a general sense: or intensely red blood: (K:) or thick blood: (S, O, K:) or clotted blood, (K, TA,) before it becomes dry: (TA:) or clotted, thick, blood; because of its clinging together: (Mgh:) and عَلَقَةٌ signifies a portion thereof: (S, Mgh, O, K:) or this signifies a little portion of thick blood: (Jel in xcvi. 2:) or a portion [or lump ] of clotted blood: (TA:) or the seminal fluid, after its appearance, when it becomes thick, clotted, blood; after which it passes to another stage, becoming flesh, and is what is termed مُضْغَةٌ. (Msb. [See Kur xxiii. 14.]) -A2- Also [ Attachment, as meaning] tenacious love: (K:) and [simply] love, or desirous love, (Lh, S, O, K, TA,) of a man for a woman: (Lh, TA:) or love cleaving to the heart; (TA;) and so ↓ عَلَاقةٌ and ↓ عِلَاقَةٌ; or the former of these two relates to love and the like and the latter relates to a whip and the like [as will be expl. below under the two words]. (K.) [In this sense it is originally an inf. n., of which the verb is عَلِقَ.] One says, اـِنَّهُ لَذُو عَلَقٍ فِى فُلَانَةَ Verily he is one having love, or desirous love, for such a woman: (Lh, TA:) thus made trans. by means of فى. (TA.) And نَظْرَةٌ مِنْ ذِى عَلَقٍ A look from one having love, or desirous love: (S, O, TA:) a prov. (TA.) ― -b2- See also عَلَاقَةٌ, first quarter. ― -b3- Also Pertinacious contention in an altercation; or such disputation or litigation. (K. [In this sense it is originally an inf. n., of which the verb is عَلِقَ. And عَلَاقَةٌ, q. v., has a similar signification.]) ― -b4- See also عُلْقَةٌ, second sentence. -A3- And see عَلْقٌ. -A4- Also The main [or middle ] part [or beaten track ] of a road. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) [See an ex. of the pl. (أَعْلَاقٌ) in a verse cited voce عَمْقٌ.]