خنق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ن ق‎ (ḵ-n-q). Cognate with Hebrew חנק‎ (khanák).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.na.qa/

Verb

خَنَقَ • (ḵanaqa) I, non-past يَخْنُقُ‎‎ (yaḵnuqu)

  1. to strangle, to choke, to suffocate
    ‏خَنَقَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ خُصُومَهُ‎ ― ḵanaqa l-mujrimu ḵuṣūmahu ― The criminal has strangled his enemies.

Conjugation

References

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ ن ق‎
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَنَقَ‎ (ḵanaqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xnaq/

Verb

خنق • (ḵnaq) (form I, non-past يخنق‎ (yiḵnuq))

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to throttle, to choke
    Synonyms: قج‎ (qajj), جيف‎ (jayyaf)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ م ق‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَنَقَ‎ (ḵanaqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /xa.naʔ/, [ˈxa.naʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /xa.naɡ/, [ˈxa.naɡ]
  • (file)

Verb

خنق • (ḵanaʔ) (form I, present بخنق‎ (biḵniʔ))

  1. to strangle, to choke, to suffocate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of خنق (ḵanaʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خنقت (ḵanaʔt) خنقت (ḵanaʔt) خنق (ḵanaʔ) خنقنا (ḵanaʔna) خنقتو (ḵanaʔtu) خنقو (ḵanaʔu)
f خنقتي (ḵanaʔti) خنقت (ḵanʔat)
present m بخنق (baḵniʔ) بتخنق (btiḵniʔ) بخنق (biḵniʔ) منخنق (mniḵniʔ) بتخنقو (btiḵniʔu) بخنقو (biḵniʔu)
f بتخنقي (btiḵniʔi) بتخنق (btiḵniʔ)
subjunctive m أخنق (ʔaḵniʔ) تخنق (tiḵniʔ) يخنق (yiḵniʔ) نخنق (niḵniʔ) تخنقو (tiḵniʔu) يخنقو (yiḵniʔu)
f تخنقي (tiḵniʔi) تخنق (tiḵniʔ)
imperative m اخنق (iḵniʔ) اخنقو (iḵniʔu)
f اخنقي (iḵniʔi)
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