أَفَقٌ

The main and middle part (سَنَن) of a road; (K;) the face, or surface, thereof: (IAar, K:) plural افَاقٌ. (K.) Hence the saying, قَعَدَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَفَقِ الطَّرِيقِ [Such a one sat upon the main and middle part, or face, or surface, of the road]. (TA.)

The flanks, or ilia: or, as some say, skins; or skin; as in the saying, شَرِبْتُ حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ أَفَقِي I drank until I filled my skin: (JK:) plural [or rather coll. gen. n.] of ↓ أَفَقَةٌ; (IAar;) which signifies the flank; (IAar, K;) as does also ↓ افِقَةٌ. (Th, K.)

Also plural, (S, K,) or [rather] quasi-plural n., (M, K,) of أَفِيقٌ, q. v. (S, M, K.)