مُحْنِقٌ

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مُحْنِقٌ Lean, or light of flesh; or slender, and lean; or lean, and lank in the belly: and so the pl. مَحَانِيقُ applied to camels: or the former, applied to an ass, or a camel, lean, &c., as above, in consequence of much covering, or from lust, or hunger: and so مَحَانِيقُ applied to horses; as though they imagined the sing. to be مِحْنَاقٌ: or the sing., applied to a horse, and to an ass, lean, &c., as above, so that the belly cleaves to the back: and so the pls. مَحَانِقُ and مَحَانِيقُ applied to horses: or مَحَانِيقُ signifies fat; as also حُنُقٌ [pl. of حَنِيقٌ ]; both applied to camels.

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