عُنُق neck in Arabic
عُنُق is how you say “neck” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فإن جاء آخر ينازعه، فاضربوا عنق الآخر
If another comes to dispute him, strike the neck of the latter.
عُنُقَ the neck of
This noun, 'neck of', is the object of 'strike' and the first half of a pairing with 'the latter', 'the neck of the latter'. The two nouns sit side by side for 'of'; the object ending shows it is what gets struck.
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وَقَوْلُهُمْ خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَاطُهَا، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ
And their saying: 'The best of matters is its middle' is mentioned in His saying: 'And do not make your hand chained to your neck, nor open it completely.'
عُنُقِكَ your neck
This is 'neck' with the attached 'your' (male singular), a possessive, the neck belonging to the addressee. It takes the genitive because the preposition 'to' before it governs it. The suffix marks it as the listener's own neck.
وإذا جلس كأنه أسير قدم لتضرب عنقه،
And when he sat, it was as if he were a prisoner brought forth to be executed.
عُنُقُهُ his neck
This noun carries an attached 'his' and is the subject of the passive 'be struck', so it sits in the subject form: his neck is what undergoes the striking. The fused 'his' points back to the prisoner.