جَنَقُوا
Root: جنق
Form: 1
Full Definition
جَنَقُواI
, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun جَنْقٌ; and
جنّقوا , Verbal.Noun تَجْنِيقٌ; They cast stones of [or with] the
مَنْجَنِيق: and
مَجْنَقُوا , or مَجْنَقُوا مَنْجَنِيقًا [app. meaning they constructed a
منجنيق], is said by such as hold the م to be radical; or it may be that the م is augmentative, and that the verb is [denominative,] similar to تَمَسْكَنَ from مِسْكِينٌ.
2 جَنَقُونَا بِالمَنْجَنِيقِ They cast at us with the منجنيق: mentioned by El-Fárisee on the authority of AZ. An Arab of the desert, in describing the wars of his people, said, تَارَةً نُجْنَقْ وَأُخْرَى نُرْشَقْ [One time we are cast at with the منجنيق, and another we are shot at with arrows]: also mentioned by El-Fárisee.
2 جَنَقُونَا بِالمَنْجَنِيقِ They cast at us with the منجنيق: mentioned by El-Fárisee on the authority of AZ. An Arab of the desert, in describing the wars of his people, said, تَارَةً نُجْنَقْ وَأُخْرَى نُرْشَقْ [One time we are cast at with the منجنيق, and another we are shot at with arrows]: also mentioned by El-Fárisee.
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