فِلْقَةٌ

A piece [properly that has been split off] (Mgh, Msb, KL) of a thing; as also فِلْقٌ: (KL:) or a fragment, or piece broken off, (S, O, K, TA) of bread, or of a [bowl such as is termed] جَفْنَة, (TA,) or of this latter the half, (S, O, K, TA,) as in the saying أَعْطِنِى فِلْقَةَ الجَفْنَةِ [Give thou to me the half of the bowl, perhaps meaning, of its contents], (S, O, TA,) or, as some say, one of the divided halves thereof: (TA:) the plural of فِلْقَةٌ is فِلَقٌ: (Mgh, TA; *) and [ فِلَاقٌ is apparently a plural, like أَفْلَاقٌ, (and perhaps فُلُوقٌ, mentioned voce فُلَاقٌ,) and فُلَاقٌ a quasi-plural n., of فِلْقٌ, all agreeably with analogy; whence] one says, صَارَ البَيْضُ فِلَاقًا, and فُلَاقًا, meaning أَفْلَاقًا, (S, O, K,) i. e. [The eggs became fragments; or it means, became cleft in pieces; or] became much cleft, or cleft in many places. (K, TA. [See also فَلَاقٌ and فِلَاقٌ below.])