معانقة

Arabic

Root
ع ن ق (ʕ-n-q)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaː.na.qa/

Noun

مُعَانَقَة • (muʕānaqa) f

1. verbal noun of عَانَقَ (ʕānaqa)
2. embrace

   مُعَانِقَتُهَا كَانَتْ كَالْعَوْدَةِ إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ بَعْدَ رِحْلَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ، حَيْثُ يَشْعُرُ الْقَلْبُ بِالسُّكِينَةِ وَالْحُبِ.

   muʕāniqatuhā kānat kālʕawdati ʔilā l-manzili baʕda riḥlatin ṭawīlatin, ḥayṯu yašʕuru l-qalbu bi-s-sukīnati wālḥubi.

   Her embrace was like coming home after a long journey, where the heart feels calm and loved.

Declension

Declension of noun مُعَانَقَة (muʕānaqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَانَقَة muʕānaqa	الْمُعَانَقَة al-muʕānaqa	مُعَانَقَة muʕānaqat
Nominative	مُعَانَقَةٌ muʕānaqatun	الْمُعَانَقَةُ al-muʕānaqatu	مُعَانَقَةُ muʕānaqatu
Accusative	مُعَانَقَةً muʕānaqatan	الْمُعَانَقَةَ al-muʕānaqata	مُعَانَقَةَ muʕānaqata
Genitive	مُعَانَقَةٍ muʕānaqatin	الْمُعَانَقَةِ al-muʕānaqati	مُعَانَقَةِ muʕānaqati

References

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “معانقة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “معانقة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN