عَنَاقٌ
Root: عنق
Full Definition
2 And العَنَاقُ, or عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ, [which latter is now applied to The badger; ursus meles; if correctly, app. because it burrows in the earth; but this application does not well agree with the following descriptions;] a certain beast, of the beasts of the earth, like the فَهْد [or lynx], about the size of the dog, an animal of prey, that hunts, smaller than the فَهْد, long in the back, also called التُّفَهُ, or, by some, النُّفَّةُ, with teshdeed to the ف and with the fem. ة, and الفُنْجُلُ, in Pers. سِيَاه كُوش [or سِيَاه گُوش, i. e. “ black ear, ” if meaning the badger, app. because of the black mark on each ear]; said by IAmb to be a foul beast, that is not eaten, and that does not eat anything but flesh; Az says, it is above the size of the Chinese dog, hunts like as does the فَهْد, eats flesh, and is of the beasts of prey; and is said to be the only beast that conceals its footmarks when it runs, except the hare; and he says also, “ I have seen it in the desert (البَادِيَة), and it was black in the head, the rest of it being white: ” the pl. is عُنُوقٌ.
3 العَنَاقُ is also the name of
4 [And the same, or عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ, is the name of
5 And عَنَاقٌ signifies also A calamity, or misfortune: (S, O, K: [see also العَنْقَآءُ, voce أَعْنَقُ:]) and a hard affair or event or case: and one says, لَقِىَ مِنْهُ أُذُنَىْ عَنَاقٍ, and عَنَاقَ الأَرْضِ, He experienced, from him, or it, calamity, or misfortune, and a hard affair &c. And جَآءَ بِأُذُنَىْ عَنَاقٍ means He uttered an exorbitant lie.
6 Also Disappointment; and so عَنَاقَةٌ . Such is the meaning in the saying of a poet, أُبْتُمْ بِالعَنَاقِ [Ye returned with disappointment;]: or the meaning is بالمُنْكَرِ [with that which was disapproved, or abominable, &c.]; agreeably with an explanation of العَنَاقُ by 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh.
7 And A [stony tract such as is termed] حَرَّة.
8 And The poor-rate of two years: so in the saying of Aboo-Bekr to 'Omar, when he contended in war with the apostates, لَوْ مَنَعُونِى عَنَاقًا [If they refused me a poor-rate of two years]: but it is also otherwise related, i. e. عِقَالًا, meaning a poor-rate of a year.
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