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شنق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَشْنَقُ ذ Long; applied to a neck. (M.) And, as also ↓ مَشْنُوقٌ, Long in the head; applied to a horse and to a camel; and so شَنْقَاآءُ [the fem. of the former] and ↓ شِنَاقٌ applied to the female. (M.) For the fem., see also شِنَاقٌ. -A2- [The fem.] شَنْقَاآءُ signifies [also] A female bird that feeds her young ones with her bill, ejecting the food into their mouths. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

أَشْنَقُ
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