مِعْنَاقٌ

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مِعْنَاقٌ , applied to a horse, signifies جَيِّدُ العَنَقِ [i. e. Excellent, or good, in the pace called عَنَق]; (S, O, K, TA; [in the CK, erroneously, العُنُقِ;]) as also مُعْنِقٌ and عَنِيقٌ : and the first is also applied to a she-camel, as meaning that goes the pace called عَنَق: the pl. is مَعَانِيقُ. And one says also مُعْنِقٌ رَجُلٌ [and مِعنَاقٌ, meaning A man hastening]: and قَوْمٌ and مَعَانِيقُ. فَٱنْطَلَقْنَا مَعَانِيقَ إِلَى النَّاسِ occurs in a trad., meaning [And we went away] hastening [to the people]: and in another, accord. to different relaters, فَٱنْطَلَقُوا or مَعَانِيقَ i. e. [And they went away] hastening. And مِعْنَاقُ الوَسِيقَةِ occurs in a verse of Abu-l-Muthellem El-Hudhalee, as some relate it, meaning Hastening after, or near after, his طَرِيدَة [app. as signifying the camels driven away by him]: but as others relate it, it is مِعْتَاق, with ت, meaning as expl. in art. عتق. (O. [The former is said in the S, in art. عتق, to be not allowable.])

def.2 It is also applied to a ewe or goat (شَاةٌ مِنْ غَنَمٍ) as meaning That brings forth [app., accord. to analogy, that brings forth often] عُنُوق [meaning lambs or kids, pl. of عَنَاقٌ].

def.3 See also مُعْنِقٌ.

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