علق

مِعْلَاقٌ ذ The thing by means of which flesh-meat, (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) and other things, (Mgh, Msb,) or grapes, and the like, (S, O,) are suspended; (S, Mgh, O, Msb;) as also ↓ مُعْلُوقٌ: (S, O:) and anything by means of which a thing is suspended (S, O, K) is called its مِعْلَاق, (S, O,) or is called مِعْلَاق and ↓ مُعْلُوق, (K,) which latter is a word of a rare form: (TA:) and ↓ عِلَاقَةٌ likewise signifies the مِعْلَاق by means of which a vessel is suspended: (TA:) pl. of the first [and of the second] مَعَالِيقُ. (Mgh, Msb.) Also A stirrupleather: pl. as above. (MA.) And المِعْلَاقَانِ signifies مِعْلَاقَا الدَّلْوِ وَشِبْهِهَا [app. meaning The two suspensory cords of the leathern bucket and of the like thereof ]. (IDrd, O, K: but the CK, for مِعْلَاقَا, has مِعْلَاقُ: and the O has وَمَا أَشْبَهَهَا in the place of وَشِبْهِهَا [which means the same].) ― -b2- Also A thing suspended to a beast of burden; such as the قِرْبَة and the مِطْهَرَة and the قُمْقُمَة: pl. as above. (Mgh, Msb: but in the former, only the pl. of معلاق in this sense is mentioned.) ― -b3- [And A pendant of a necklace and of an earring and the like; in which sense its pl. is expl. as follows:] the مَعَالِيق of necklaces (O, TA) and of [the ear-rings or ear-drops called] شُنُوف (TA) are what are put therein or thereto, [meaning suspended thereto, ] of anything that is beautiful; (O, * TA;) and ↓ الأَعَالِيقُ, which has no sing., is like المَعَالِيقُ, each of them signifying what are suspended. (TA.) [See also شَنْفٌ.] ― -b4- مِعْلَاقُ البَابِ [means A kind of latch, or sliding bolt; ] a thing that is suspended, or attached, to the door, and is then pushed, whereupon it [i. e. the door ] opens; different from the مِغْلَاق, with the pointed غ. (TA.) One says, مَا لِبَابِهِ مِغْلَاقٌ وَلَا مِعْلَاقٌ i. e. [ There is not to his door ] a thing that is opened with a key nor [ a thing that is opened ] without it. (A, TA.) ― -b5- مِعْلَاقٌ also signifies The tongue (O, K) of a man: (O:) or an eloquent tongue. (TA.) ― -b6- And رَجُلٌ ذُو مِعْلَاقٍ A man whose antagonist, when he clings to him, will not [ be able to ] free himself from him: (Mbr, Z, TA:) or a man vehement in altercation or dispute or litigation, (IDrd, S, O, K,) who clings to arguments, or pleas, (IDrd, O, K,) and supplies them; (IDrd, O;) and رَجُلٌ مِعْلَاقٌ signifies the same. (IDrd, O, K.) ― -b7- And [the pl.] مَعَالِيقُ signifies A sort [or variety ] of palm-trees. (IDrd, O, K.)