حنق

مُحْنِقٌ محنق Lean, or light of flesh; or slender, and lean; or lean, and lank in the belly: (AHeyth, T, TA:) and so the pl. مَحَانِيقُ applied to camels: (S, K:) or the former, applied to an ass, (S,) or a camel, (ISd, TA,) lean, &c., as above, (S, ISd, TA,) in consequence of much covering, (S,) or from lust, or hunger: and so مَحَانِيقُ applied to horses; as though they imagined the sing. to be مِحْنَاقٌ: (ISd, TA:) or the sing., applied to a horse, (A,) and to an ass, (TA,) lean, &c., as above, so that the belly cleaves to the back: and so the pls. مَحَانِقُ and مَحَانِيقُ applied to horses: (A, TA:) or مَحَانِيقُ signifies fat; as also حُنُقٌ [pl. of ↓ حَنِيقٌ]; (K, TA;) both applied to camels. (TA.)