عنق

3 عانقهُ ذ , (S, TA,) and عَانَقْتُ المَرْأَةَ, (Msb,) inf. n. عِنَاقٌ (S, Msb, TA) and مُعَانَقَةٌ, He embraced him, putting his arms upon his neck, and drawing, or pressing, him to himself, (S, TA,) and I so embraced the woman, as also ↓ اعتنقتها; (Msb;) [and ↓ تعانقهُ, and ↓ تعنّقهُ: see the last of the verses cited voce بَيْنٌ, and the remarks thereon: but see also what here follows:] and ↓ تعانقنا We so embraced each other or one another: (Msb:) and ↓ تعانقا, and ↓ اعتنقا, [ They so embraced each other, ] both signifying the same; (S, O;) but (O) عانقا and ↓ تعانقا are said in a case of love, or affection, and ↓ اعتنقا is said in a case of war and the like; (O, * K;) or, accord. to Az, ↓ التَّعَانُقُ and ↓ الاِعْتِنَاقُ are both allowable in all cases: and [it is said that] when the act is predicated of one exclusively of the other, one says only عانقهُ, in both the cases above mentioned. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.