خُرْقٌ

a subst. from خَرِقَ, (S, Msb,) [or perhaps verbal noun of خَرُقَ as synonym with خَرِقَ, (see 1, last two sentences,)] and ↓ خُرُقٌ, (TA,) Roughness, ungentleness, clumsiness, or awkwardness; opposite of رِفْقٌ; (JK, S, * Mgh, Msb, * K, TA;) in doing, or making, a thing: (Msb:) unskilfulness in work, and in the management of affairs: foolishness; stupidity; or unsoundness, or deficiency, in intellect or understanding; as also ↓ خُرْقَةٌ: (K:) and ignorance. (TA.) [Hence,] نَوْمَةُ الخُرْقِ The sleep of [the time of morning called] the ضُحَى. (Har p. 223. [See also حُمْقٌ and خُلُقٌ.])

-A2- The first of these words is also plural of أَخْرَقُ and of [its feminine] خَرْقَاءُ. (K.)

-A3- Also The she-camel's vulva. (JK.)