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عَنِيقٌ

Root: عنق

Full Definition

عَنِيقٌ i. q. مُعَانِقٌ [Embracing by putting the arms around the neck of another]. A poet says, وَبَاتَ خَيَالُ طَيْفِكِ لِى عَنِيقًا إِلَى أَنْ حَيْعَلَ الدَّاعِى الفَلَاحَا [And the fancied image of thy form coming in sleep passed the night embracing my neck until the caller to the prayer of daybreak cried, Come to security (حَىَّ عَلَى الفَلَاحِ)].
2 See also مِعْنَاقٌ:
3 and see عَنَقٌ:
4 and عُنُقٌ, first sentence.
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