عنق

مُعْنِقٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see أَعْنَقُ, first sentence. ― -b2- Also, the former, Hard and elevated land or ground, having around it such as is plain, or soft, (O, K, TA,) extending about a mile, and less: pl. مَعَانِيقُ: and they have imagined it to be termed ↓ مِعْنَاقٌ, [partly on account of this pl., and partly] because of the many instances like مُتْئِمٌ and مِتْاآمٌ, and مُذْكِرٌ and مِذْكَارٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- And مَرْبَأَةٌ مُعْنِقَةٌ A lofty place of observation. (O, K.) ― -b4- See also مِعْنَاقٌ, in three places. ― -b5- مُعْنِقٌ also occurs in a trad., applied as an epithet to a believer, meaning (assumed tropical:) One who hastens in his obedience, and takes a wide range in his work. (TA.) ― -b6- And مُعْنِقَاتٌ, as applied by Dhu-r-Rummeh to [portions of sand such as are termed] أَدْعَاص [pl. of دِعْصٌ] means Lying in advance of others. (TA.) ― -b7- See also the next paragraph.