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1 خَنَقَهُ خنق خنقه خنقة , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. خَنُقَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. خَنِقٌ (S Mgh, Msb, K) and خَنْقٌ, (Msb, TA,) the latter a contraction of the former, (Msb,) or, accord. to El-Fárábee, the latter is not allowable, (Mgh,) He throttled him, or strangled him, i. e. squeezed his throat (Mgh, Msb) that he might die; (Msb;) [but it does not always mean he squeezed his throat so that he died; often meaning, simply, he, or it, throttled him, strangled him, or choked him; and frequently said of a disease in the throat, and of food;] and ↓ خنّقهُ signifies the same, (S, K,) [or has an intensive meaning,] and its inf. n. is تَخْنِيقٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] العَبْرَةُ ↓ خَنَّقَتْهُ [and خَنَقَتْهُ] (assumed tropical:) Weeping [or sobbing] choked him; as though the tears throttled him. (Mgh.) ― -b3- And خُنِقَ He (a horse) was affected with the disease, or wind in the throat, termed خُنَاقِيَّة. (TA.) ― -b4- And خَنَقَ الوَقْتَ, aor. as above, (assumed tropical:) He postponed, or deferred, and [so] straitened, the time: and خَنَقَ الصَّلَاةَ (assumed tropical:) He straitened the time of prayer by postponing it, or deferring it. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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