شُّقَّة

$uq~apN * primarily signifies The half of a garment [ consisting of two oblong pieces sewed together, side by side ]: then it was applied to [ such ] a garment as it is [ when complete: in both of these senses it is used in the present day]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or a piece ( qiToEapN ) of a garment: (Mgh:) or the $uq~ap of viyaAb [thus, and thus only, in the S, meaning of garments and of cloths, for it is of both,] is an oblong piece; syn. sabiybapN musotaTiylapN : (M, K:) [it is often applied to an oblong piece of cloth of those pieces of which a tent is composed: ] pl. $uqaqN and $iqaAqN . (M, Mgh, TA.) One says, fulaAnN yabiyEu $iqaAqa Alkat~aAni [ Such a one sells pieces, or oblong pieces, &c., of linen ]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- Also A piece of a mazaAdap [q. v.]. (B, TA in art. bSr .) ― -b3- And A piece, or portion, [or tract, ] of Hell; likewise pronounced ↓ $iq~apN . (Ham p. 816.) ― -b4- And A far journey; as also ↓ $iq~apN , (S, M, K,) sometimes thus pronounced with kesr: (S:) a far, long journey: a far-extending space: (TA:) or a road difficult to him who travels it: (Mgh:) or [simply] a journey: and i. q. vnyA [so in my copy of the Msb, app. a mistranscription for vaniy~ap , i. e. a mountain-road, &c.]: pl. $uqaqN . (Msb.) ― -b5- And A part, region, quarter, or tract, (Ibn-'Arafeh, Er-Rághib, K, TA,) towards which one draws near, (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA,) or towards which the traveller directs himself, (K, TA,) [like $uk~apN ,] or in the reaching of which one is overtaken by difficulty, or distress; (Er-Rághib, TA;) And ↓ $iq~apN signifies the same. (K.) ― -b6- And Distance; and so ↓ $iq~apN . (K.) ― -b7- See also $iq~N , last sentence but one.

$iq~apN * A splinter (S, K) that splits off, (S,) or a piece (M, Mgh, TA) split off, (M, TA,) of a plank, (S, M, K, TA,) or of wood, (TA,) or of a piece of wood, (S, Mgh,) or other thing: (M, TA:) a piece split, or divided, lengthwise, of a staff, or stick, and of a garment, or piece of cloth, &c.: (IDrd, O, K:) and a piece split (K, TA) from anything; such as the half: (TA:) pl. $iqaqN . (O, TA.) One says of him who is angry, AiHotad~a faTaArato minohu $iq~apN fiY AlA^aroDi wa$iq~apN fiY Als~amaA='i (assumed tropical:) [ He became excited by sharpness of temper, or angriness, and he was as though a bit flew from him upon the ground, and a bit into the sky ]. (S, * M, TA: in the S, fY AlArD &c. is omitted.) See also $iq~N , first three sentences. ― -b2- See also $uq~apN , in four places. ― -b3- And see $iq~N , again, last sentence but one.