عنق

مَعْنَقَةٌ ذ A curved piece of rock. (O, K.) ― -b2- And بَلَدٌ مَعْنَقَةٌ A country in which there is no abiding, by reason of the dryness and barrenness of the ground thereof: (O, K:) thus says Sgh: but in the Nawádir el-Aaráb it is said that ↓ بِلَادٌ مُعْنِقَةٌ means countries that are distant, or remote. (TA. [See also 4.])