مُعْنِقٌ

; and its feminine, with ة: see أَعْنَقُ, first sentence.

Also, the former, Hard and elevated land or ground, having around it such as is plain, or soft, (O, K, TA,) extending about a mile, and less: plural مَعَانِيقُ: and they have imagined it to be termed مِعْنَاقٌ, [partly on account of this plural, and partly] because of the many instances like مُتْيءِمٌ and مِتْامٌ, and مُذْكِرٌ and مِذْكَارٌ. (TA.)

And مَرْبَأَةٌ مُعْنِقَةٌ A lofty place of observation. (O, K.)

See also مِعْنَاقٌ, in three places.

مُعْنِقٌ also occurs in a tradition, applied as an epithet to a believer, meaning (assumed tropical:) One who hastens in his obedience, and takes a wide range in his work. (TA.)

And مُعْنِقَاتٌ, as applied by Dhu-r-Rummeh to [portions of sand such as are termed] أَدْعَاص [plural of دِعْصٌ] means Lying in advance of others. (TA.)