خنق

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of strangling, choking, or constricting. It extends to meanings of tightness, narrowness, and delay, particularly in relation to time or passages.

Derived headwords

خَنَقَverb

1.
to strangleboth
To kill or cause to die by compressing the neck or throat.
2.
to chokeboth
To have difficulty breathing due to obstruction or compression.
3.
to constrictboth
To make something narrower or tighter.

الخَنَقnoun

1.
stranglingboth
The act or source of strangling.
2.
chokingboth
The state of being choked or the cause of choking.

مَخْنُوقadjective

1.
strangledboth
One who has been strangled or is being strangled.
2.
chokedboth
Suffocated or having difficulty breathing.

خَنِيقadjective

1.
strangledclassical
One who is strangled or suffers from strangulation.
2.
suffocatedclassical
In a state of suffocation.

الخَنَاقnoun

1.
rope for stranglingboth
A rope or cord used for strangling someone.
2.
choking ailmentboth
A disease or condition that causes choking or difficulty breathing, affecting humans and animals.
3.
collarclassical
A necklace or collar that rests on the neck.

انْخَنَقَverb

1.
to be strangledboth
To become strangled or choked.
2.
to choke oneselfboth
To become strangled by oneself.

اخْتَنَقَverb

1.
to be strangledboth
To become strangled or choked.
2.
to choke oneselfboth
To become strangled by oneself.

مُنْخَنِقَةadjective

1.
strangled (by itself)classical
An animal, especially a sheep, that has strangled itself.

انْخِنَاقnoun

1.
strangulationclassical
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2.
chokingclassical
The process of choking or becoming choked.

اخْتِنَاقnoun

1.
strangulationclassical
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
2.
chokingclassical
The process of choking or becoming choked.

رجل خَنَقadjective

1.
strangled manclassical
A man who is strangled or has been strangled.

رجل خانِقadjective

1.
man with strangulationclassical
A man suffering from a strangulation ailment or condition.

المَخْنَقَةnoun

1.
necklaceclassical
A necklace or collar that lies on the neck.

الخَنَاقِيَّةnoun

1.
choking diseaseclassical
A disease or ailment causing choking, especially in birds.

تَخْنِيقnoun

1.
tightening a basinclassical
The act of making the water in a basin full and tight.

خُنُقnoun

1.
narrow passagesclassical
Narrow openings or passages, specifically referring to female genitalia.

المُخْتَنَقadjective

1.
narrow placeboth
A constricted or narrow passage or area.

مُخْتَنَق الشِّعْبnoun

1.
narrow part of a valleyclassical
The narrowest section of a valley or gorge.

الخَانِقnoun

1.
narrow passage in a valleyclassical
A constricted part of a valley or a narrow gorge.
2.
narrow alleyclassical
A narrow street or alleyway, especially in Yemen.

خانِقَيْنname

1.
Khaniqaynclassical
A known place name.

مَخْنَقnoun

1.
place of strangulationclassical
The part of the neck where strangulation occurs.
2.
narrow passageclassical
A constricted or narrow place.

أَخْنَقَverb

1.
to delayclassical
To postpone or delay something, especially a prayer.
2.
to narrow the timeclassical
To reduce or constrict the time available for something.

خَنَقَ الوقتverb phrase

1.
to delay the timeclassical
To postpone or delay the appointed time of something.

خَنَاق من الموتnoun phrase

1.
distress of deathclassical
A state of extreme difficulty or distress, like being on the verge of death.

Parallel reading

الخنق، بكسر النون: مصدر قولك خنقه يخنقه خنقا وخنقا

Al-khanq, with kasra on the noon: the masdar of your saying 'khanqahu yakhnuquhu khanaqan wa khanaqan'.

فهو مخنوق وخنيق

So he is makhnuq and khaniq.

ومننه الخناق وقد انخنق واختنق

And from it is al-khanaq, and he has become inkhanaqa and ikhtanaqa.

وانخنقت الشاة بنفسها، فهي منخنقة

And the sheep strangled itself, so it is munkhanqah.

فأما الانخناق فهو انعصار الخناق [الخناق] في خنقه

As for al-inkhināq, it is the constriction of the throat in its strangulation.

والاختناق فعله بنفسه

And al-ikhtināq is its action upon itself.

ورجل خنق: مخنوق

And a man khanaq: makhnuq.

ورجل خانق في موضع خنيق: ذو خناق

And a man khanq in a place khaniq: possessing khanaq.

والخناق الحبل الذي يخنق به

And al-khanaq is the rope with which one strangles.

والخناق: ما يخنق به

And al-khanaq: that with which one strangles.

والخناق والمخنقة: القلادة الواقعة على المخنق

And al-khanaq and al-makhnaqah: the necklace that lies on the neck.

والخناق والخناقية: داء أو ريح يأخذ الناس والدواب في الحلوق

And al-khanaq and al-khanaqiyyah: a disease or wind that affects people and beasts in the throats.

يقال خنق الفرس، فهو مخنوق

It is said the horse was strangled, so it is makhnuq.

المختنق من الخيل الذي أخذت غرته لحييه إلى أصول أذنيه

Al-mukhtanaq from horses is one whose blaze reaches its jaws to the roots of its ears.

وخنقت الحوض تخنيقا إذا شددت ملأه

And I tightened the basin takhnīqan when you filled its fullness.

الخنق الفروج الضيقة من فروج النساء

Al-khanq: the narrow vulvas from the vulvas of women.

فلهم خناق ضيق حزقة قصير السمك

So they have a narrow, tight, short vulva.

والمختنق: المضيق

And al-mukhtanaq: the narrow place.

ومختنق الشعب: مضيقه

And mukhtanaq al-sha'b: its narrow part.

والخانق: مضيق في الوادي

And al-khāniq: a narrow place in the valley.

والخانق: شعب ضيق في الجبل، وأهل اليمن يسمون الزقاق خانقا

And al-khāniq: a narrow gorge in the mountain, and the people of Yemen call an alleyway khāniqan.

خانقين وخانقون: موضع معروف

Khaniqayn and Khaniqūn: a known place.

وموضعه من العنق مخنق، بالتشديد، يقال: بلغ منه المخنق

And its place on the neck is makhnaq, with shadda, it is said: 'He reached its makhnaq'.

وأخذت بمخنقه أي موضع الخناق

And I took him by his makhnaq, meaning the place of strangulation.

والنفس قد طارت إلى المخنق

And the soul has flown to the makhnaq.

ويقال: أخذ بخناقه؛ ومنه اشتقت المخنقة من القلادة

And it is said: 'He took him by his khināq'; and from it I derived al-makhnaqah from the necklace.

سيكون عليكم أمراء يؤخرون الصلاة عن ميقاتها ويخنقونها إلى شرق الموتى

There will be upon you rulers who delay the prayer from its appointed time and strangle it until the time of the dying.

يقال: خنقت الوقت أخنقه إذا أخرته وضيقته

It is said: 'I strangled the time akhnaquhu if I delayed it and narrowed it'.

وهم في خناق من الموت أي في ضيق

And they are in khanaq from death, meaning in distress.