فرق

تَفَارِيقُ ذ [ Sundry, or separate, or scattered, portions or things: and sundry times ]. You say, أَخَذْتُ حَقِّى مِنْهُ بِالتَّفَارِيقِ (S, O, K, * TA) i. e. [ I took my right, or due, from him in sundry portions: or] at sundry times. (TA.) And ضَمَّ تَفَارِيقَ مَتَاعِهِ i. e. [ He put together ] what were scattered [ of his household goods, or furniture and utensils ]. (TA.) اـِنَّكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَفَارِيقِ العَصَا [ Verily thou art better than the several portions of the staff ], (S, O, K,) which is a prov., (O,) was said by a poet, (S,) or by Ghaneeyeh, (O,) or Ghuneiyeh, (K,) El-Aarábeeyeh, to her son; for he was evil in disposition, [عازِمًا in the CK is a mistake for عَارِمًا,] very mischievous, notwithstanding his weakness, (O, K,) and slenderness of bone; (O;) and he assaulted one day a young man, who thereupon cut off his nose, and his mother took the mulct for it; so her condition became good after abasing poverty; then he assaulted another, who cut off his ear; and another, who cut off his lip; and his mother took the mulct for each; and when she saw the goodness of her condition, (O, K,) the camels and the sheep or goats and the household goods that she had acquired, (O,) she said thus: (O, K:) for from the staff (S, O, K) when it is broken (S) is made a سَاجُور [q. v.], and from this are made tent-pegs, and from the tent-peg is made an عِرَان [q. v.], and from this are made تَوَادٍ [pl. of تَوْدِيَةٌ, q. v.]. (S, O, K.)