عَذَقَ الشَّاةَ

, (S, O, K,) aorist عَذُقَ , verbal noun عَذْقٌ, (S, O,) He appended to the sheep, or goat, a sign whereby the latter might be known, termed عَذْقَةٌ (S, O, K) and عِذْقَةٌ, (K,) being a flock of wool, (S, O,) differing in colour from the animal: (S, O, K:) some particularize the animal to which this is done as being a goat: (TA:) and اعذقها signifies the same. (S, K.)

Hence the saying, مَنْ عُذِقَتْ بِهِ الأَعْمَالُ أُعْلِقَتْ بِهِ الامَالُ (assumed tropical:) [The person to whom offices of administration are assigned, to him hopes are made to cling]. (Har p. 489.)

Hence also, (O, TA,) عَذَقَ الرَّجُلَ, (S, O,) or عَذَقَهُ بِشَرٍّ or بِقَبِيحٍ, (K,) (tropical:) He reproached him, or upbraided him, with a thing that was bad, evil, abominable, or foul, (S, O, K, TA,) and stigmatized him with it, (S, O, TA,) so that he became known thereby. (TA.)

And عَذَقَهُ إِلَى كَذَا i. e. نَسَبَهُ إِلَيْهِ [commonly meaning نَسَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He attributed, or imputed, to him such a thing]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

عَذَقْتُ النَّخْلَةَ I cut off the branches of the palm-tree: (S, O:) and [in like manner one says] عَذَّقْتُ, with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action] or multiplicity [of the objects]. (S.)

عَذَقَ said of the [species of sweet rush called] إِذْخِر, It put forth its fruit; as also أَعْذَقَ: (S, O, K:) or the latter, according to IAth, it had عُذُوق [plural of عِذْقٌ] and شُعَب [plural of شُعْبَةٌ, i. e. bunches, or sprigs]: or, as some say, it blossomed. (TA.) And, said of the [species of tree, or plant, called] سَخْبَر, It grew tall. (IAar, O, TA.)

عَذَقَ الفَحْلُ عَنِ الإِبِلِ, (O, K,) aorist عَذِقَ , (K,) verbal noun عَذْقٌ, (TA,) The stallion [camel] repelled from the [she-] camels, and drew them together. (O, K.)

And عَذَقَ البَعِيرُ The camel voided his dung in a thin state. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K.)