شِنَاقٌ
Root: شنق
Full Definition
شِنَاقٌ
A rope, or cord, with which the head of a he-camel and of a she-camel is pulled: [see 1, first sentence:] pl. [of pauc.] أَشْنِقَةٌ and [of mult.] شُنُقٌ.
2 A cord, or thong, with which the mouth-of a water-skin is bound, and that of a leathern water-bag, and which is untied in order that the water may pour forth: or the suspensory cord of a water-skin: and any cord by which a thing is suspended.
3 See also شَنَقٌ, in the last quarter of the paragraph.
def.2 As an epithet, Tall: used alike as masc. and fem. and dual and pl., not dualized nor pluralized: applied to a man, and to a woman, and to a he-camel, and to a she-camel: applied to a she-camel as meaning tall, and longnecked; as also : and to a he-camel as meaning tall and slender: also, and مَشْنُوقٌ , applied to a horse as meaning tall. See also أَشْنَقُ.
2 A cord, or thong, with which the mouth-of a water-skin is bound, and that of a leathern water-bag, and which is untied in order that the water may pour forth: or the suspensory cord of a water-skin: and any cord by which a thing is suspended.
3 See also شَنَقٌ, in the last quarter of the paragraph.
def.2 As an epithet, Tall: used alike as masc. and fem. and dual and pl., not dualized nor pluralized: applied to a man, and to a woman, and to a he-camel, and to a she-camel: applied to a she-camel as meaning tall, and longnecked; as also : and to a he-camel as meaning tall and slender: also, and مَشْنُوقٌ , applied to a horse as meaning tall. See also أَشْنَقُ.
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