خَنَقَهُ
1.
, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aorist
خَنُقَ
, (S, Msb,) verbal noun خَنِقٌ (S Mgh, Msb, K) and خَنْقٌ, (Msb, TA,) the latter a contraction of the former, (Msb,) or, according 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 verbal noun is تَخْنِيقٌ. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] العَبْرَةُ
خَنَّقَتْهُ [and خَنَقَتْهُ] (assumed tropical:) Weeping [or sobbing] choked him; as though the tears throttled him. (Mgh.)
3.
And خُنِقَ
He (a horse) was affected with the disease, or wind in the throat, termed
خُنَاقِيَّة. (TA.)
4.
And خَنَقَ الوَقْتَ, aorist 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.)