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أَفَقٌ ذ The main and middle part (سَنَن) of a road; (K;) the face, or surface, thereof: (IAar, K:) pl. آفَاقٌ. (K.) Hence the saying, قَعَدَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَفَقِ الطَّرِيقِ [Such a one sat upon the main and middle part, or face, or surface, of the road]. (TA.) ― -b2- The flanks, or ilia: or, as some say, skins; or skin; as in the saying, شَرِبْتُ حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ أَفَقِي I drank until I filled my skin: (JK:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of ↓ أَفَقَةٌ ; (IAar;) which signifies the flank; (IAar, K;) as does also ↓ آفِقَةٌ . (Th, K.) ― -b3- Also pl., (S, K,) or [rather] quasi-pl. n., (M, K,) of أَفِيقٌ, q. v. (S, M, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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