ش ن ق

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of stretching, elongation, and suspension. It extends to meanings of height, length, and hanging, as well as related actions like pulling or tying.

Derived headwords

الشَّنَقnoun

1.
length of the headclassical
Refers to the length of the head, described as if stretched upwards.
2.
bowstringclassical
The string of a bow, or a good, long string made of Samhari wood.
3.
actionclassical
The act or work itself.

شَنَقَverb

1.
to hangclassical
To hang something up, often used in the context of hanging a bowstring on an arrow.
2.
to tieclassical
To tie something, specifically referring to tying the hand to the neck.

الشِّنَاقnoun

1.
rope for pulling headclassical
A rope used to pull the head of a camel or she-camel.
2.
long horseclassical
A horse with a long head or body.
3.
long camelclassical
A camel that is long and slender.
4.
any threadclassical
Any thread with which something is fed.

أَشْنَقَverb

1.
to give the ropeclassical
To give the rope (شنَاق) used for pulling the head of a camel.
2.
to hangclassical
To hang something up.

أَشْنَقَnoun

1.
hangingclassical
The act of hanging something, or the state of being hung.

مَشْنُوقadjective

1.
long-headedclassical
Describing a horse or camel with a long head.
2.
hangedclassical
One who has been hanged.

شَنْقَاءadjective

1.
long-headed (female)classical
A female animal (like a camel) with a long head.

شَنَقَnoun

1.
long headclassical
A long head, as if stretched upwards.

قَلْبٌ شَنِقٌnoun

1.
infatuated heartclassical
A heart that is deeply in love or infatuated.

رَجُلٌ شَنِقٌadjective

1.
cautiousclassical
A man who is cautious or wary.

الإِشْنَاقnoun

1.
tying hands to neckclassical
The act of tying the hands to the neck.

التَّشَانُقnoun

1.
mutual hangingclassical
The act of hanging each other, or a similar form of mutual action.

الشَّنْقnoun

1.
heavy blowclassical
A severe and effective blow, particularly aimed at a target.

بَنُو شَنُوقname

1.
Banu Shanūqclassical
A tribe or lineage of Arabs.

الشَّنْقَةnoun

1.
woman with fatnessclassical
A woman characterized by her plumpness or abundance of fat.

الشَّنِيقadjective

1.
illegitimate claimantclassical
Someone who falsely claims lineage or right, an imposter.

شَنُوقَةname

1.
Shanūqahclassical
A village in Egypt.

شَنَوَاقِيname

1.
Shanawāqīclassical
A village in Egypt.

Parallel reading

وإنما قصد ما بين الفريضتين، فاحتاج إلى تسميتهما، ولا يصح له قول الفريضتين إلا إذا سماهما، فيضطر أن يقول: عشر أو خمس عشرة، وهو إذا قال تسعا أو أربع عشرة فليس هناك فريضتان

He only intended what is between the two obligatory amounts, so he needed to name them. His statement of 'the two obligatory amounts' is not valid unless he names them, thus he is forced to say: ten or fifteen. And if he says nine or fourteen, then there are not two obligatory amounts.

ألا ترى إلى ما حكاه الفراء عن الكساني عن بعض العرب: الشنق إلى خمس وعشرين، وتفسيره بأنه يريد ما بين الخمس إلى خمس وعشرين

Do you not see what Al-Farra' narrated from Al-Kisa'i from some Arabs: 'Al-shanq' is up to twenty-five, and his interpretation is that he means what is between five and twenty-five.

وكان على زعم أبي سعيد يقول: الشنق إلى أربع وعشرين، لأنها إذا بلغت خمسا وعشرين ففيها بنت مخاض

And according to Abu Sa'id's claim, he used to say: 'Al-shanq' is up to twenty-four, because when it reaches twenty-five, there is a bint makhad (a young camel).

كأنها كبداء تنزو في الشنق

As if it were a large-livered animal leaping in the elongation.

الشنق هنا: وتر القوس

Al-shanq here means: the string of the bow.

هو الجيد من الأوتار، وهو السمهري الطويل

It is the good quality of strings, and it is the long Samhari wood.

والشناق، بالكسر: حبل يجذب به رأس البعير والناقة، والجمع أشنقة وشنق

And Al-shināq, with kasra: a rope by which the head of a camel and a she-camel is pulled, and the plural is ashnaqah and shanq.

وقد أشنق: إذا أعطى الشنق، وهي الحبال، قاله ابن الأعرابي

And he has performed 'ashnaqa': if he gave the shanāq, which are the ropes, said Ibn Al-A'rabi.

عنق أشنق: طويل

An 'ashnaq' neck: long.

وفرس أشنق ومشنوق: طويل الرأس، وكذلك البعير، والأنثى شنقاء، وشناق

And an 'ashnaq' and 'mashnūq' horse: long-headed, and likewise a camel, and the female is 'shanqā'' and 'shināq'.

ناقة شناق: طويلة سطعاء

A 'shināq' she-camel: long and tall.

جمل شناق: طويل في دقة

A 'shināq' camel: long and slender.

وقلب شنق: هيمان

And a 'shanq' heart: infatuated.

ورجل شنق: حذر

And a 'shanq' man: cautious.

وقد أقول لثور هل ترى ظعنا ... يحدو بهن حذاري مشفق شنق

And I might say to a bull, 'Do you see the riding beasts... driven by a cautious, wary one?'

والإشناق: أن تغل اليد إلى العنق

And Al-ishnāq: is to tie the hand to the neck.

ساءها ما بنا تبين في الأي ... دي وإشناقها إلى الأعناق

She was displeased by what became apparent in our hands and their being tied to the necks.

أشنقت الشيء، وشنقته: إذا علقته

'Ashnaqtu' the thing, and 'shanqtu'hu: if you hang it.

شنقت بها معابل مرهفات ... مسالات الأغرة كالقراط

I hung with it sharp arrows... swift in their flight like a torch.

قتل مشنوقا، أي: معلقا

Killed by hanging, meaning: suspended.

والتشانق: المشانقة

And Al-tashānaq: Al-mushānaqah (mutual hanging).

والشنق، بالفتح: الضرب المثخن الكاف للمرمى

And Al-shanq, with fatha: the heavy blow sufficient for the target.

والشنقة من النساء، كفرحة، وتجمع شنقات، وشنقها: استنانها من الشحم

And Al-shanqah among women, like 'farhah': and it is pluralized as 'shanqāt', and 'shanqahā': her plumpness from fat.

والشنيق، كأمير: الدعي

And Al-shanīq, like 'amīr: the claimant (illegitimate).

أنا الداخل الباب الذي لا يرومه ... دنى ولا يدعى إليه شنيق

I am the one entering the door that no one approaches... nor is an imposter called to it.