احتنك

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احتنكVIII The locusts ate what was upon the land; and consumed, or made an end of, its herbage: or gained the mastery over the land with the حَنَك [here meaning the mouth], and ate [the produce of] it, and extirpated it: derived from الحَنَكُ, by which is sometimes meant “ the mouth, ” and “ the beak. ” And احتنك البَعِيرُ الصِّلِّيَانَةَ The camel pulled up by the roots the [plant called] صلّيانة. And احتنك [for احتنك النَّبْتُ He cropped the herbage] is said of a young gazelle. (K voce شَصَرٌ, q. v.) And احتنكهُ He took his property; as though he ate it with the حَنَك. And He took it entirely; took the whole of it; namely, what another possessed. And He gained the mastery over him, or it; got him, or it, in his power. Accord. to Akh, لَأَحْتِنَكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ, in the Kur [xvii. 64, cited, and explained on the authority of Ibn-' Arafeh, above], means I will assuredly extirpate his progeny; and I will assuredly incline them [to obey me]: or, accord. to Fr, I will assuredly gain the mastery over his progeny.
2 See also 1, in three places.

def.2 Also احتنك [and تحنّك , the latter found by Reiske in this sense, as mentioned in Freytag's Lex.,] He was, or became, firm, or sound, in judgment, [by means of experience:] or experienced and submissive, like the horse in whose mouth the rope has been put.

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