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عِذْقٌ ذ A raceme of a palm-tree, or of dates; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA;) i. e. the base thereof, (TA,) together with the fruit-stalks [and fruit]; (Msb, TA;) when ripe: (TA:) pl. أَعْذَاقٌ (O, Msb, K) and عُذُوقٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) (tropical:) Might; or high, or elevated, rank or condition; syn. عِزٌّ. (O, K, TA.) So in the saying, فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ كَهْلٌ (tropical:) In the sons of such a one is might, &c., that has attained its utmost point; and so عذق يَانِعٌ. (O, TA.) ― -b3- Also A bunch of grapes: (Lth, O, K:) or when what was upon it has been eaten. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b4- And A branching portion of a plant: (Lth, O:) and any branch having branchlets. (Lth, O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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