علقم
Q. 1 عَلْقَمَ, [
inf. n. عَلْقَمَةٌ,] said of the colocynth, It attained its utmost degree of bitterness. (
Ham p. 166.)
A2: عَلْقَمَ طَعَامَهُ, (
TA,)
inf. n. as above, (
K,
TA,) He made his food bitter; (
TA;) or put something bitter into it. (
K.) عَلْقَمٌ A species of bitter tree or plant. (
S,
TA.)
b2: And it is applied to, (
S,) or is said to be, (
Msb,
TA,) The colocynth: (
S,
Msb,
K,
TA:) or the pulp of the colocynth: (
Az,
TA:) or the colocynth when intensely bitter: (
Ham p. 509:) or, as some say, قِثَّآءُ الحِمَارِ [a name now applied to the elaterium; the wild, or squirting, cucumber]. (
Msb.) Hence one says of anything in which is intense bitterness, كَأَنَّهُ العَلْقَمُ [
As though it were colocynth, or the pulp of colocynth, &c.]. (
Az,
TA.)
b3: And Anything bitter. (
S,
Msb,
K.)
b4: Also A bitter نَبِقَة [or drupe of the species of lotetree called سِدْر]: (
K:) or so ↓ عَلْقَمَةٌ: mentioned by
IAar. (
TA.)
b5: And The bitterest of water: (
K:) or so ↓ عَلْقَمَةٌ: mentioned by
IAar. (
TA.) عَلْقَمَةٌ Bitterness. (
K. [Originally an
inf. n.: see
Q. 1.])
b2: And A mixed and turbid state of water. (
IDrd,
TA.)
b3: See also عَلْقَمٌ, last two sentences.
