فرق

مَفْرَقٌ ذ (S, O, K) and مَفْرِقٌ (S, O, Msb, K) The middle of the head; (S, O, K;) the place where the hair of the head is separated: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. مَفَارِقُ; which is used also in the sense of the sing., as though the sing. applied to every part thereof: (S, O:) one says, شَابَتْ مَفَارِقُ رَأْسِهِ [meaning The place (lit. places ) of the separation of the hair of his head became white, or hoary ]. (Mgh voce ذَكَرٌ.) [See also فَرْقٌ.] ― -b2- Also The place, of a road, where another road branches off: (S, O, Msb, K:) both words are used in this sense likewise: (S, O, K: *) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b3- And [hence] one says, وَقَفْتُهُ عَلَى مَفَارِقِ الحَدِيثِ (tropical:) [ I made him to know ] the modes, or manners, [ of the narrative, or discourse, ] or the manifest, plain, or obvious, modes or manners [ thereof ]. (TA.)