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أَنَقٌ

Root: انق

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أَنَقٌ Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.]
2 [Hence, A pleasing, or rejoicing, state, or condition.] You say, هُوَ فِى أَنَقٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ وَخِصْبٍ [He is in a pleasing, or rejoicing, state, or condition, in respect of his life, and in a state of plenty].
3 Goodliness, or beauty, and pleasingness, of aspect, or outward appearance: or, as some say, a uniform and uninterrupted state of verdure before the eye; because it pleases, or rejoices, its beholder.
4 Herbage, or pasturage, that is goodly, or beautiful, and pleasing, or rejoicing: an Verbal.Noun used as a subst.
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