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خَنَقَهُ

Root: خنق

Form: 1

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خَنَقَهُI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خَنِقٌ and خَنْقٌ, the latter a contraction of the former, or, accord. to El-Fárábee, the latter is not allowable, He throttled him, or strangled him, i. e. squeezed his throat that he might die; [but it does not always mean he squeezed his throat so that he died; often meaning, simply, he, or it, throttled him, strangled him, or choked him; and frequently said of a disease in the throat, and of food;] and خنّقهُ signifies the same, [or has an intensive meaning,] and its Verbal.Noun is تَخْنِيقٌ.
2 [Hence,] العَبْرَةُ [and خَنَقَتْهُ] Weeping [or sobbing] choked him; as though the tears throttled him.
3 And خُنِقَ He was affected with the disease, or wind in the throat, termed خُنَاقِيَّة.
4 And خَنَقَ الوَقْتَ, Present.T as above, He postponed, or deferred, and [so] straitened, the time: and خَنَقَ الصَّلَاةَ He straitened the time of prayer by postponing it, or deferring it.
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