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شنق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اشنق ذ : see 1, in five places. ― -b2- اـِشْنَاقٌ [as inf. n. of أُشْنِقَ, from أَشْنَقَ القِرْبَةَ expl. in the first paragraph,] also signifies The having the hand attached to the neck by means of a غُلّ [q. v.]. (AA, TA.) ― -b3- See also 3, in the latter half. -A2- Accord. to IAar, (O, TA,) اشنق also signifies He took (O, K, TA) the شَنَق, i. e., (O, TA,) the [ fine termed ] أَرْش: (O, K, TA:) or it was, or became, obligatory, or incumbent, on him to give the أَرْش; thus having two contr. meanings [assigned to it]: (K:) or it signifies also, accord. to IAar, it was, or became, obligatory on him to give what is termed a شَنَق; and this is the case until his camels amount to five and twenty, when what is due of them is [a she-camed such as is termed] اِبْنَة مَخَاض. (O.) A man of the Arabs said, مِنَّا مَنْ يُشْنِقُ, which may mean Of us is he who gives the شُنُق, i. e. cords, pl. of شِنَاقٌ: or it may mean, who gives the شَنَق, i. e. أَرْش. (O.) ― -b2- اشنق عَلَيْهِ He exalted himself above him; domineered over him; or oppressed him. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

اشنقverb
  1. 1.
أَشْنَقَ القِرْبَةَ
اِبْنَة مَخَاض
مِنَّا مَنْ يُشْنِقُ
اشنق عَلَيْهِ