عالق
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
عالق doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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عَاْلَقَ Form 3
3 عَاْلَقَ عَالَقْتُ فُلَانًا I vied with such a one, or contended with him for superiority, in precious things (أَعْلَاق, pl. of عِلْق), and I surpassed him, or was better than he, in respect of a precious thing. (TA.) …
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عَالِقٌ
عَالِقٌ ذ Clinging, catching, cleaving, adhering, holding, or sticking fast: so in the phrase هُوَ عَالِقٌ بِهِ [He, or it, is clinging, &c., to him, or it]. (TA.) -b2- Also A camel plucking from the [tree called] عِضَاه…
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