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ثُفْرُوقٌ ثفروق The قِمَع [or base] of a date: (S, K:) or the قِمَع of a full-grown unripe date; i. e., the round portion of its covering, surrounding the stalk, and adhering to the upper part of the date: (Mgh:) or the part (El-'Adebbes, A-'Obeyd, S, K) of the date (El-'Adebbes, A'Obeyd, S) to which the قمع adheres: (El-'Adebbes, A'Obeyd, S, K:) or, accord. to Lth, the connecting medium (علاقة) between the stone of the date and the قمع; and AZ says the like: (TA: [see فَرضٌ as signifying a sort of dates of 'Omán:]) or a raceme of which the dates have been eaten, or of which all the dates have been stripped off except one or two or three: (ISh, TA:) pl. ثَفَارِيقُ; (S, K;) explained by Ks as meaning the أَقْمَاع of fullgrown unripe dates. (S.) تُفْرُوقٌ is a dial. var. thereof. (TA in art. تفرق.) The pl. also signifies The bases (أَقْمَاع) of grapes: (JK:) or the ثُفْرُوق of a grape is what adheres to the raceme; and a closed perforation therein. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] مَا لَهُ ثُفْرُوقٌ (assumed tropical:) He possesses not anything. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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