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عُنْق
neck /ˈʕunq/
nounB1#1680 most common
Also: throat (region), bottleneck (figurative)
Example sentences
عُنْقُ الزَّرَافَةِ طَوِيلٌ جِدًّا.
The giraffe's neck is very long.
يُؤْلِمُنِي عُنْقِي بَعْدَ النَّوْمِ.
My neck hurts after sleeping.
لَفَّتِ الْفَتَاةُ وِشَاحًا صُوفِيًّا حَوْلَ عُنْقِهَا.
The girl wrapped a wool scarf around her neck.
عَلَّقَتِ الْأُمُّ قَلَائِدَ فِضِّيَّةً عَلَى أَعْنَاقِ بَنَاتِهَا.
The mother hung silver necklaces on her daughters' necks.
يُشَكِّلُ نَقْصُ الطَّاقَةِ عُنْقَ الزُّجَاجَةِ الَّذِي يُعِيقُ الْإِنْتَاجَ.
The energy shortage forms the bottleneck that hinders production.
أَلْقَى الْقَاضِي تَبِعَةَ الْإِهْمَالِ فِي عُنُقِ الْمَسْؤُولِ الْأَوَّلِ.
The judge laid the blame for the negligence on the neck of the chief official.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُنْقٌ | أَعْنَاقٌ |
| Genitive | عُنْقٍ | أَعْنَاقٍ |
| Accusative | عُنْقًا | أَعْنَاقًا |
| Vocative | يَا عُنْقُ | يَا أَعْنَاقُ |
Word family
عَانَقَto embrace, to hug
مُعَانَقَةan embrace, a hug
عِنَاقembrace
أَعْنَاقnecks (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-n-q, tied to the neck and to embracing. The same root gives the verb عَانَقَ, to embrace, since an embrace encircles the neck. Related forms appear across other Semitic languages with the sense of neck or necklace.
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