1. عُقْدَةٌ
EuqodapN * A knot; a tie; (L, Msb;) pl. EuqadN . (L.) [Hence Aln~af~aAvaAtu fiY AlEuqadi : see art. nfv . And AlEuqodapu meaning (assumed tropical:) The star a Piscium; as being in the place of the knot of the two strings: the same, app., that is called AlxayoTayoni ↓ Eaqodu , mentioned by Freytag under EiqodN . Hence also] one says, tHl~lt Euqaduhu [lit. His knots became loosed, or untied ], meaning (assumed tropical:) his anger became appeased. (S, A, O, K.) And fiY Euqodatihi DaEofN (assumed tropical:) In his judgment and his consideration of his own affairs is a weakness. (TA.) And HaSiyfu AlEuqodapi , occurring in a letter of 'Omar, means (assumed tropical:) [ Firm ] in judgment, and in the management, conducting, ordering, or regulating, of affairs. (TA in art. HSf .) And fiY lisaAnihi EuqodapN (S, O, L, K *) (assumed tropical:) In his tongue is an impediment [ as though it were tied ], or a distortion. (L. [See Eaqida .]) ― -b2- The knot, tie, or bond, (L,) or the obligation, (O, K,) of marriage, (O, L, K,) and of anything, (O, K,) as a sale and the like: (TA:) and the ratification (O, L, Msb) of marriage (O, Msb) &c., (Msb,) or of anything. (L.) It is said in a trad. relating to prayer, laka mino quluwbinaA Euqodapu Aln~adami , meaning [We offer to Thee, from our hearts, ] the ratification of the resolution to repent. (L.) ― -b3- A promise of obedience, or vow of allegiance, ratified to persons in acknowlegment of their being prefects, or governors: (O, L, K, * TA:) from Euqodapu AlHaboli [ the knot, or tie, of the cord or rope ]: (O:) thus in the saying, in a trad. of Ubeí, halaka A^aholu AlEuqodapi [ Those who have received the promise of obedience &c. have perished; virtually meaning the same as the saying in the sentence here following]. (L.) And [hence also] The prefecture over, or government of, a town, country, province, or the like: pl. EuqadN : (L, K, TA:) thus in the saying of 'Omar, halaka A^aholu AlEuqadi [ The possessors of the prefectures &c. have perished ]. (L.) ― -b4- Also A place where a knot, or node, is formed: and [particularly] an uneven juncture ( EavomN ) [of a bone] in the arm: (S, O, K:) thus in the saying, jubirato yaduhu EalaY EuqodapK [ His arm was set and joined unevenly, so that a node, or protuberance, was produced in the bone ]: (S, O:) and in like manner one says, jabara EaZomahu EalaY EuqodapK He set and joined his bone unevenly. (L.) ― -b5- [Hence also A joint, i. e. an articulation, of the fingers: and a bone of a finger, i. e. any one of the phalanges: it is used in both of these senses in the present day: and AlEuqodapu mina AlA^aSaAbiEi occurs in the Msb, in art. nml , in explanation of AlA^anomalapu ; which is generally expl. as meaning “ the head of the finger, ” or “ the portion in which is the nail. ” (See also maEoqidN .) ― -b6- A knot, or joint, of a cane and the like. And what is termed A knot in the horn of a mountain-goat (as in the S and K in art. Hyd ) and the like. ― -b7- A knot in a tree. ― -b8- A node, of a plant, whence a leaf shoots forth: a bud, or gem, of a plant: and any fruit, or produce, of a plant, forming a compact and roundish head; by some termed HasakapN , n. un. of HasakN , q. v. ― -b9- AlEuqodataAni signifies The nodes of a planet. (See tin~aynN .) ― -b10- And EuqodapN signifies also Any small nodous lump; such as the substance of a ganglion; see gud~apN : and a gland, or glandular body; see gunodubapN . And A knob in a general sense. ― -b11- And hence,] The penis of a dog (IAar, A, O, L, K) compressus in coitu, et extremitate turgens: otherwise it is not thus called: (IAar, O, L:) and when this is the case, the epithet ↓ A^aEoqadu is applied to the dog. (IAar, O.) -A2- Also An estate consisting of land, or of land and a house, or of a house or land yielding a revenue, or of a house and palm-trees, or the like, syn. DayoEapN , (S, A, O, L, K,) and EaqaArN , which a person has acquired ( AiEotaqadahu ) as a possession. (O, L, K.) ― -b2- Any land aboundi