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عنق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اعنق الكَلْبَ ذ He put the collar upon the neck of the dog. (S, O, K.) -A2- اعنق, (S, Msb,) inf. n. اـِعْنَاقٌ, (Msb,) said of a horse [and the like], (S,) He went the pace termed عَنَق, (S, Msb,) i. e. a stretching pace, or a hastening and stretching pace, (S,) or a quick pace with wide steps. (Msb.) And He hastened; as also ↓ عانق. (TA.) اعنقوا اـِلَيْهِ, meaning They hastened to him, or it, is from العَنَقُ signifying the pace thus termed. (Mgh.) In the phrase أَعْنَقَ لِيَمُوتَ, (Mgh,) occurring in a trad., (O,) the ل is used causatively: [i. e., the phrase signifies He hastened that he might die: ] (Mgh:) [or] the meaning is, that the decree of death made him to hasten, and drove him on, to his place of slaughter. (O.) ― -b2- اعنقت البِلَادُ The countries were, or became, distant, or remote; and so اعلقت. (TA, from the Nawádir el-Aaráb.) ― -b3- اعنقت الثُّرَيَّا (tropical:) The ثريّا [or Pleiades ] set. (O, K, TA.) And اعنقت النُّجُومُ (assumed tropical:) The stars advanced to the place of setting. (O.) ― -b4- اعنق الزَّرْعُ (assumed tropical:) The corn became tall, and put forth its ears: (O, K, TA:) as though it became such as had a neck. (TA.) ― -b5- اعنقت الرِّيحُ (tropical:) The wind raised the dust, or carried it away, and dispersed it. (O, K, TA. [See also 8.])

Derived headwords

اعنق الكَلْبَverb
  1. 1.
اعنقوا اـِلَيْهِ
أَعْنَقَ لِيَمُوتَ
اعنقت البِلَادُ
اعنقت الثُّرَيَّا
اعنقت النُّجُومُ
اعنق الزَّرْعُ
اعنقت الرِّيحُ