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1 أَفَقَ ذ , (JK, S, K,) aor. اَفِقَ , (JK, K,) inf. n. أَفْقٌ, (TK,) He went his own way, at random, or heedlessly, (رَكِبَ رَأْسَهُ,) and went away in the آفَاق [or regions, &c., of the land]: (Lth, JK, K:) or he went away in, or into, the land, or country: (S:) and he took his way into the آفاق [or regions, &c.,] of the land. (JK.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] أَفَقَ, aor. as above; thus, says IB, accord. to Kz, and thus it is given on the authority of Kr; (TA;) [see آفِقٌ;] or أَفِقَ, aor. اَفَقَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. أَفَقٌ; (S;) He attained the utmost degree, [as though he reached the أُفُق (or horizon, or furthest point of view,)] in generosity; (S, O, K;) or in knowledge, or science; or in chasteness of speech, or eloquence, and in the combination of excellent qualities. (K.) ― -b3- Also, أَفَقَ, aor. اَفِقَ , (Kr, Ibn-'Abbád, JK, K,) inf. n. أَفْقٌ, (JK, TA,) He overcame, or surpassed. (Kr, Ibn-'Abbád, JK, K.) ― -b4- And, inf. n, أُفُوقٌ, He was goodly, or beautiful; he possessed the quality of exciting admiration and approval by his beauty and the pleasingness of his aspect; said of a camel, and of a horse. (JK.) ― -b5- أَفَقَ عَلَيْهِ (JK, TA) He (a man) excelled him; namely, another man: (JK:) or he preceded him in excellence; or outwent him therein; as also أَفَقَهُ, aor. اَفِقَ . (TA.) [It is like فَاقَهُ.] ― -b6- أَفَقَ فِى العَطَآءِ, aor. اَفِقَ , (S, K,) inf. n. أَفْقٌ, (TA,) He gave to some more than to others. (S, K.) So in the saying of El-Aashà, “ وَلَا المَلِكَ النُّعْمَانُ يَوْمَ لَقِيتُهُ
بِغِبْطَتِهِ يُعْطِى القُطُوطَ وَ يَأْفِقُ
” [Nor the King En-Noamán, on the day that I met him, in his goodly, or happy, condition, giving gifts, or stipends, or written obligations conferring gifts, and giving to some more than to others]: (S:) or the meaning is, writing [writs of] gifts, and sealing them: or, as some say, taking his way into the آفاق [or regions, &c.,] of the land. (JK.) -A2- أَفَقَهُ, aor. اَفِقَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. أَفْقٌ, (S, Msb,) He tanned it (namely a hide) until it became what is termed أَفِيق. (S, Msb, * K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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