مِعْلَاقٌ
1.
The thing by means of which flesh-meat, (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) and other things, (Mgh, Msb,) or grapes, and the like, (S, O,) are suspended; (S, Mgh, O, Msb;) as also
مُعْلُوقٌ: (S, O:) and anything by means of which a thing is suspended (S, O, K) is called its مِعْلَاق, (S, O,) or is called مِعْلَاق and
مُعْلُوق, (K,) which latter is a word of a rare form: (TA:) and
عِلَاقَةٌ likewise signifies the مِعْلَاق
by means of which a vessel is suspended: (TA:) plural of the first [and of the second] مَعَالِيقُ. (Mgh, Msb.) Also A stirrupleather: plural as above. (MA.) And المِعْلَاقَانِ signifies مِعْلَاقَا الدَّلْوِ وَشِبْهِهَا [apparently meaning The two suspensory cords of the leathern bucket and of the like thereof]. (IDrd, O, K: but the CK, for مِعْلَاقَا, has مِعْلَاقُ: and the O has وَمَا أَشْبَهَهَا in the place of وَشِبْهِهَا [which means the same].)
2.
Also A thing suspended to a beast of burden; such as the
قِرْبَة
and the
مِطْهَرَة
and the
قُمْقُمَة: plural as above. (Mgh, Msb: but in the former, only the plural of معلاق in this sense is mentioned.)
3.
[And A pendant of a necklace and of an earring and the like; in which sense its plural is explained as follows:] the مَعَالِيق of necklaces (O, TA) and of [the ear-rings or ear-drops called] شُنُوف (TA) are what are put therein or thereto, [meaning suspended thereto,] of anything that is beautiful; (O, * TA;) and
الأَعَالِيقُ, which has no singular, is like المَعَالِيقُ, each of them signifying what are suspended. (TA.) [See also شَنْفٌ.]
4.
مِعْلَاقُ
البَابِ [means A kind of latch, or sliding bolt;] a thing that is suspended, or attached, to the door, and is then pushed, whereupon it [i. e. the door] opens; different from the مِغْلَاق, with the pointed غ. (TA.) One says, مَا لِبَابِهِ مِغْلَاقٌ وَلَا مِعْلَاقٌ i. e. [There is not to his door] a thing that is opened with a key nor [a thing that is opened] without it. (A, TA.)
6.
And رَجُلٌ ذُو مِعْلَاقٍ
A man whose antagonist, when he clings to him, will not [be able to] free himself from him: (Mbr, Z, TA:) or a man vehement in altercation or dispute or litigation, (IDrd, S, O, K,) who clings to arguments, or pleas, (IDrd, O, K,) and supplies them; (IDrd, O;) and رَجُلٌ مِعْلَاقٌ signifies the same. (IDrd, O, K.)