عملق
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعِمْلَاقٌ ذ One who deceives (O, K) men, (O,) or thee, (K,) with his eye (بِطَرْفِهِ); (O, K, TA; in the TK بظرفه [i. e. بِظَرْفِهِ, meaning with his excel-lence, or elegance, of mind, manners, and address or speech; &c.]; in the CK بظُرْفِه;) so expl. by Ibn-'Abbád: (O:) or, accord. to the Nh, one who deceives men, and beguiles them with his speech. (TA.) ― -b2- And Tall: pl. عَمَالِيقُ and عَمَالِقَةٌ and عَمَالِقُ, which last is extr. (TA.) -A2- [And the pls.] العَمَالِيقُ and العَمَالِقَةُ [are appellations applied by the Arabs to The Amalekites; ] a people of the descendants of عِمْلِيق, (S, O, K,) or عِمْلَاق [or Amalek ]; (K;) who was the son of لَاوَذ [or Lud ], the son of اـِرَم [or Aram ], the son of سَام [or Shem ], the son of نُوح [or Noah ]; (S, O, K;) or [rather, who was the son of Lud, the son of Shem, for,] accord. to the Mukaddameh Fádileeyeh, لَاوَذ was the brother of اـِرَم: (TA:) they dispersed themselves in the countries, (S, O, K, TA,) and most of them became extinct: or, accord. to IAth, they were of the remnant of the people of 'Ád (عَاد): Suh says that of them were the kings of Egypt, the Pharaohs, of whom were El-Weleed the son of Mus'ab, the consociate of Moses, and Er-Reiyán the son of El-Weleed, the consociate of Joseph. (TA.)
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