علق

عَالِقٌ ذ Clinging, catching, cleaving, adhering, holding, or sticking fast: so in the phrase هُوَ عَالِقٌ بِهِ [ He, or it, is clinging, &c., to him, or it ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A camel plucking from the [ tree called ] عِضَاه; (S, O;) so termed because he is [as though he were] hanging from it, (S, O, K, *) by reason of his tallness: pl. عَوَالِقُ; which is also applied to goats. (S.) And A camel pasturing upon the plant called عَلْقَى. (S, O, K.)