مَلاَكُ الأَمْرِ

and ↓ مِلاَكُهُ That whereby the thing &c. subsists: (S, KL:) its قَِوَام [q. v.] by whom, or by which, it is ruled, or ordered: (K:) its foundation; synonym أَصْلُهُ: (KL:) its support; that upon which it rests: (T, TA:) it may be rendered the cause, or means, of the subsistence of the thing; &c.