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شَنَق
to hang (execute or kill by hanging) /ˈʃa.na.qa/
verbB2#4388 most common
Also: to strangle, to string up
Example sentences
شَنَقَ الرَّجُلُ نَفْسَهُ فِي الْغُرْفَةِ.
The man hanged himself in the room.
شَنَقَ الْجَلَّادُ الْمُجْرِمَ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ.
The executioner hanged the criminal in front of the people.
سَيَشْنُقُونَ الْقَاتِلَ غَدًا بَعْدَ صُدُورِ الْحُكْمِ.
They will hang the murderer tomorrow after the verdict is issued.
لَمْ يَشْنُقِ الْحَاكِمُ الأَسِيرَ رَغْمَ الضَّغْطِ الشَّعْبِيّ.
The ruler did not hang the prisoner despite public pressure.
هَلْ تَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ الْقَانُونَ يُبِيحُ أَنْ يُشْنَقَ مُتَّهَمٌ دُونَ مُحَاكَمَةٍ عَادِلَةٍ؟
Do you think the law permits a suspect to be hanged without a fair trial?
شُنِقَ الْجَاسُوسُ سِرًّا فِي فَجْرِ يَوْمٍ بَارِدٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَحَدٌ بِمَصِيرِهِ.
The spy was hanged secretly at dawn on a cold day, without anyone knowing his fate.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَشْنُقُ | شَنَقْتُ | سَأَشْنُقُ |
| 2sg | تَشْنُقُ | شَنَقْتَ | سَتَشْنُقُ |
| 3sg | يَشْنُقُ | شَنَقَ | سَيَشْنُقُ |
| 1pl | نَشْنُقُ | شَنَقْنَا | سَنَشْنُقُ |
| 2pl | تَشْنُقُونَ | شَنَقْتُمْ | سَتَشْنُقُونَ |
| 3pl | يَشْنُقُونَ | شَنَقُوا | سَيَشْنُقُونَ |
Word family
شَنْقhanging (as a method of execution)
مَشْنَقَةgallows, the scaffold
مَشْنُوقhanged, one who has been hanged
شَانِقhangman, one who carries out a hanging
Etymology
Shanaqa comes from the Semitic root sh-n-q, which carries the basic sense of tightening or pulling taut around the neck. Classical Arabic dictionaries such as Lisan al-Arab tie the root to the image of a noose drawn shut. The word entered legal and journalistic Arabic as the standard term for judicial hanging, and it kept that narrow, grave sense rather than drifting toward looser uses like 'hang up a coat'.
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