عُنُقٌ

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عُنُقٌ and عُنْقٌ , the former of the dial. of El-Hijáz, and the latter of the dial. of Temeem, the latter said by Sb to be a contraction of the former, [which is the more common,] and عَنِيقٌ and عُنَقٌ , (K, [in which it is implied that these two have all the significations assigned by its author to عُنُقٌ and عُنْقٌ,]) but [SM says] none of the leading lexicologists has mentioned these two, in what I have seen, [adding that he had found in the O العَنِيقُ as meaning العَنَقُ, which he supposes the author of the K to have thought to be العُنُقُ,] The neck; i. e. the part that forms a connection between the head and the body; i. q. رَقَبَةٌ; or i. q. جِيدٌ: [but see these two words:] masc. and fem.; generally masc., but in the dial. of El- Hijáz fem.; or, as some say, عُنْقٌ is masc., and عُنُقٌ is fem.: the pl. is أَعْنَاقٌ, the only pl. form.
2 [Hence,] عُنُقُ الحَيَّةِ A star [a] in the neck of the constellation Serpens. [And عُنُقُ الشُّجَاعِ The star a in the hinder part of the neck of the constellation Hydra: also called الفرْدُ.]
3 عُنُقُ الرَّحِمِ [The neck of the womb;] the slender part of the رحم, towards the فرْج.
4 عُنُقُ الكَرِشِ The lowest portion of the stomach of a ruminant; also called الِقبَةُ [q. v.].
5 أَعْنَاقُ النَّخْلِ [The trunks of palm-trees]. (S in art. قصر.)
6 مَدَّ لِلْحَبِّ أَعْنَاقَهُ, said of seedproduce [or corn], means The internodal portions of its culms appeared. (TA voce أَحْنَقَ, q. v.)
7 أَعْنَاقُ الرِّيحِ What have risen of the dust that is raised by the wind. [The phrase قد رأس اعناقُ الريح, mentioned by Freytag as from the K, is a strange mistake.]
8 يَخْرُجُ عُنُقٌ مِنَ النَّارِ, occurring in a trad., means A portion will issue from the fire [of Hell].
9 And خَرَجَ مِنَ النَّهْرِ عُنُقٌ A current of water issued from the river, or rivulet.
10 عُنُقُ الصَّيْفِ and الشِّتَآءِ The first part [of summer and of winter]: and in like manner عُنُقُ السِّنِّ [The first part of the age of a man as counted by years]: IAar says, I said to an Arab of the desert, كَمْ أَتَى عَلَيْكَ [How many years have passed over thee?] and he answered, أَخَذْتُ بِعُنُقِ السِّتِّينَ i. e. [I have entered upon] the first part of the ستّين [or sixtieth year]: and the pl. is أَعْنَاقٌ. And كَانَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى عُنُقِ الدَّهْرِ and الإِسْلَامِ means That was in the old [or early] period [of time] [and of El-Islám].
11 [And عُنُقٌ app. signifies The upper portion of an elevated and elongated tract of sand, or the like: see the pl. أَعْنَاق in the last sentence of this art.]
12 الكَلَامُ يَأْخُذُ بَعْضُهُ بِأَعْنَاقِ بَعْضٍ and بِعُنُقِ بَعْضٍ are tropical phrases [app. meaning The speech, or language, is coherent, or compact].
13 هُمْ عُنُقٌ إِلَيْكَ means They are inclining to thee; and expecting thee: or, accord. to Az, they have advanced towards thee with their company [agreeably with what next follows].
14 عُنُقٌ signifies also A company of men: or a numerous company of men: or a preceding company of men: and is masc.: and the heads, or chiefs, of men; and the great ones, and nobles. فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ, in the Kur [xxvi. 3], is expl. as meaning And their great ones and their chiefs [shall continue submissive to it]: or their companies: the pret. is here used in the sense of the future: or, as some say, the meaning is, their necks. (TA. [See also art. خضع.]) One says also, جَآءَ فِى عُنُقٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ He came in a company of men. And جَآء القَوْمُ عُنُقًا عُنُقًا The people came in [successive] parties; as Az says, each, or every, company of them being termed عُنُق: or, as some say, gradually, party by party. And هُمْ عُنُقٌ عَلَيْهِ They are a company, or party, combined against him. And it is said in a trad., لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ مُخْتَلِفَةً أَعْنَاقُهُمْ فِى طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا i. e. [Mankind will not cease to have] their companies [or parties diverse in the seeking of worldly good]: or, as some say, their heads, or chiefs, and great ones.
15 Also A portion of good; من الخُبْزِ in the K being a mistake for من الخَيْرِ: and of property: and of work, whether good or evil. One says, لِفُلَانٍ عُنُقٌ مِنَ الخَيْرِ To such a one pertains a portion of good. And it is said in a trad., المُؤَذِّنُونَ أَطْوَلَ النَّاسِ أَعْنَاقًا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ, meaning [The proclaimers of the times of prayer will be] the most abundant of men in [good] works [on the day of resurrection]: or the meaning is, chiefs; because the Arabs describe such as being long-necked: but it is also related otherwise, i. e., إِعْنَاقًا, with kesr to the hemzeh, meaning, [the most] hasting [of men] to Paradise: and there are other explanations: one is, that they shall be preceders to Paradise; from the saying لَهُ عُنُقٌ فِى الخَيْرِ he has precedence in that which is good: so says Th: another, that they shall be forgiven to the extent of the prolonging of their voice: another, that they shall be given an addition above other men: another, that they shall be in a state of happiness and sprightliness, raising the eyes and looking in expectation; for permission will have been given to them to enter Paradise: and other explanations may be found in the Fáïk and the Nh and the Expositions of Bkh.

def.2 عُنُقٌ is also a pl. of the next word.

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