علق

عُلَقَ ذ and فُلَقَ in the saying جِئْتَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ, [expl. above, see 4,] (S,) or جَاآءَ بِعُلَقَ فُلَقَ [ He brought to pass ] that which was a calamity, (K,) are imperfectly decl., (S, K,) like عُمَر. (S.) ― -b2- And عُلَقٌ [perfectly decl.] signifies A numerous company, or collection [ of men ]: (K:) thus it is said to mean: (S:) and this is meant in the saying above mentioned, as some explain it. (TA.) ― -b3- And عُلَقٌ accord. to K, but correctly عُلُقٌ, with two dammehs, pl. of ↓ عَلُوقٌ, (TA,) signifies Deaths, or the decrees of death; syn. مَنَايَا: (K, TA:) and calamities: (TA:) and businesses, occupations, or employments: or such as divert one from other things: or occurrences that cause one to forget, or neglect, or be unmindful: syn. أَشْغَالٌ. (K, TA.)