وقص

وَقَصٌ ذ (tropical:) Fragments, or broken pieces, of sticks, which are thrown upon, (S,) or into, (K,) a fire: (S, K:) or small pieces of fire-wood with which a fire is made to burn more vehemently; (A, TA;) as also وَقَشٌ: so, says Aboo-Turáb, I heard Mubtekir say. (TA.) -A2- Also, sing. of أَوْقَاصٌ, as used in relation to the [tax called صَدَقَة; signifying (tropical:) What is between one فِرِيضَة and the next فَرِيضَة: (S, K:) as, for instance, when camels amount in number to five, one sheep or goat is to be given for them; and nothing is to be given for such as exceed that number until they amount to ten: thus, what is between the five and the ten is termed وَقَصٌ: (S:) sometimes pronounced ↓ وَقْصٌ: (Msb:) and in like manner, شَنَقٌ: (S:) or (accord. to some of the learned, S) وقص relates to bulls and cows particularly, (S, Mgh, Msb,) or to these and to sheep and goats, (Msb,) and شنق [q. v.] to camels: (S, Mgh, Msb:) both signifying what is between one فريضة and the next: (S, Mgh, Msb: *) or, accord. to Aboo-'Amr, (Mgh, L,) i. e. Esh-Sheybánee, (L,) وَقَصٌ signifies camels for which it is incumbent to give sheep or goats in payment of the صَدَقَة, (Mgh, L,) when the camels are between five and twenty in number; (L;) but some disapprove of this: (Mgh, L:) accord. to IB, it signifies sheep or goats taken in payment of the صَدَقَة for camels. (L.) -A3- You also say, صَارُوا أَوْقَاصًا (assumed tropical:) They became scattered, or dispersed: and أَتَانَا أَوْقَاصٌ مِنْ بَنِى فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) There came to us separate portions of the tribe of the sons of such a one: (Ibn-'Abbád, K: *) اوقاص in these cases being a pl., [namely of وَقَصٌ,] like أَسْبَابٌ, pl. of سَبَبٌ. (TA.)