عملق: عِمْلاق: جبَّار، ما يفوق جنسه في الطول والضخامة.

(عملق) - ومن رباعِيِّه في حديث خَبَّاب - رضي الله عنه -: "أَمَعَ العَمَالِقَة" يُرِيد القُصَّاصَ.
والعَمَالِقَة: قوم كانوا بالشَّام جَبَابِرَة. قيل: هم بَنُو عِمْلاَق، شَبَّه القُصَّاصَ بهم؛ لِمَا في بعضِهم من الكِبْر والاستِطالة على الناس، وهم كانوا أُعْطُوا قُوَّةً وبَطْشًا.

عملق

عِمْلَاقٌ One who deceives (O, K) men, (O,) or thee, (K,) with his eye (بِطَرْفِهِ); (O, K, TA; in the TK بظرفه [i. e. بِظَرْفِهِ, meaning with his excel-lence, or elegance, of mind, manners, and address or speech; &c.]; in the CK بظُرْفِه;) so expl. by Ibn-'Abbád: (O:) or, accord. to the Nh, one who deceives men, and beguiles them with his speech. (TA.) b2: And Tall: pl. عَمَالِيقُ and عَمَالِقَةٌ and عَمَالِقُ, which last is extr. (TA.) A2: [And the pls.] العَمَالِيقُ and العَمَالِقَةُ [are appellations applied by the Arabs to The Amalekites;] a people of the descendants of عِمْلِيق, (S, O, K,) or عِمْلَاق [or Amalek]; (K;) who was the son of لَاوَذ [or Lud], the son of إِرَم [or Aram], the son of سَام [or Shem], the son of نُوح [or Noah]; (S, O, K;) or [rather, who was the son of Lud, the son of Shem, for,] accord. to the Mukaddameh Fádileeyeh, لَاوَذ was the brother of إِرَم: (TA:) they dispersed themselves in the countries, (S, O, K, TA,) and most of them became extinct: or, accord. to IAth, they were of the remnant of the people of 'Ád (عَاد): Suh says that of them were the kings of Egypt, the Pharaohs, of whom were El-Weleed the son of Mus'ab, the consociate of Moses, and Er-Reiyán the son of El-Weleed, the consociate of Joseph. (TA.)