experienced, shrewd

, (S, Msb, K,) aor. and , inf. n. حَنْكٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ حنّكهُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَحْنِيكٌ; (Mgh, Msb;) He chewed some dates, or some other thing (S, Mgh, Msb, K) of a similar kind, (Msb,) and rubbed therewith the حَنَك [i. e. palate, or soft palate,] of the child. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And حَنَكَ الفَرَسَ, aor. as above, (S, K,) and so the inf. n., (S,) He put a rope in the mouth of the horse; (S, K;) held by ISd to be derived from الحَنَكُ, though it is said that this is not the case; (TA;) as also ↓ احتنكهُ; (S, K;) which signifies accord. to Yoo he put a rope in his mouth and led him: and thus Ibn- 'Arafeh explains the saying of Iblees, in the Kur [xvii. 64], ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ↓ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) I will assuredly lead to obey me his progeny, except a few. (TA. [But see 8.]) ― -b3- And [hence,] حَنَكَتْهُ السِّنُّ, inf. n. حَنْكٌ and حَنَكٌ, (K,) (tropical:) Age rendered him firm, or sound, in judgment, by means of experience: (TK:) or experiences rendered him firm, or sound, in judgment; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حنّكتهُ, (Zj, S, K,) inf. n. تَحْنِيكٌ; (TA;) and ↓ احنكتهُ, (Zj, S, K,) and ↓ احتنكتهُ: (K:) this is said to be the case when the wisdom-tooth (سِنُّ العَقْلِ) grows forth: and accord. to Lth, حَنَكَتْهُ العَقْلِ signifies his teeth called أَسْنَانُ العَقْلِ [the wisdom-teeth] grew forth. (TA.) And حَنَكَتْهُ الأُمُورِ (tropical:) Affairs did to him what is done to the horse by putting the rope in his mouth; i. e., rendered him experienced and submissive: or trained, or disciplined, and reformed, or improved, him; as also ↓ حنّكته. (TA.) And حَنَكَهُ الدَّهْرُ (tropical:) Time, or fortune, tried, or proved, him, and taught him, and rendered him expert, or experienced, and well informed, or firm, or sound, in judgment. (IAar, TA.) ― -b4- And حَنَكَ الشَّىْءَ, (S, K,) inf. n. حَنْكٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He understood the thing, and knew it soundly, thoroughly, or well; syn. فَهِمَهُ وَأَحْكَمَهُ; (S, K, TA;) like لَقِفَهُ, inf. n. لَقْفٌ. (TA.)

, inf. n. تَحْنِيكٌ, He rubbed his حَنَك [i. e. palate, or soft palate,] (K, TA) so as to make it bleed: (TA:) or he stuck a piece of wood, or stick, into his (a beast's) upper حَنَك, or the extremity of a horn, so as to make it bleed; because of something happening therein. (Az, TA.) ― -b2- See also 1, in three places. ― -b3- Also He turned the piece of cloth [forming part of the grave-clothing] beneath his (a corpse's) حَنَك, i. e., the part beneath his chin. (Mgh.) [See also المِحْنَكُ, below.]

see 1. ― -b2- Also احنكهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He turned him back, or away, from the affair. (K, * TA.)

i. q. تَلَحَّى; (S;) i. e. He turned [a portion of] the turban beneath his حَنَك [here meaning the part beneath his chin and lower jaw]. (S, K.) -A2- See also 8.

(tropical:) The locusts ate what was upon the land; (S, K, TA;) and consumed, or made an end of, its herbage: (S:) or gained the mastery over the land with the حَنَك [here meaning the mouth], and ate [the produce of] it, and extirpated it: (Er-Rághib, TA:) derived from الحَنَكُ, by which is sometimes meant “ the mouth, ” and “ the beak. ” ('Ináyeh, MF.) And احتنك البَعِيرُ الصِّلِّيَانَةَ (assumed tropical:) The camel pulled up by the roots the [plant called] صلّيانة. (Az, TA.) And احتنك [for احتنك النَّبْتُ (assumed tropical:) He cropped the herbage] is said of a young gazelle. (K voce شَصَرٌ, q. v.) And احتنكهُ (assumed tropical:) He took his (a man's) property; (ISd, K;) as though he ate it with the حَنَك. (ISd, TA.) And (assumed tropical:) He took it entirely; took the whole of it; namely, what another possessed. (ISd, TA.) And (tropical:) He gained the mastery over him, or it; got him, or it, in his power. (K, TA.) Accord. to Akh, لَأَحْتِنَكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ, in the Kur [xvii. 64, cited, and explained on the authority of Ibn-' Arafeh, above], means (tropical:) I will assuredly extirpate his progeny; and I will assuredly incline them [to obey me]: (TA:) or, accord. to Fr, (tropical:) I will assuredly gain the mastery over his progeny. (S, TA. *) ― -b2- See also 1, in three places. -A2- Also احتنك [and ↓ تحنّك, the latter found by Reiske in this sense, as mentioned in Freytag's Lex.,] (tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, firm, or sound, in judgment, [by means of experience:] (S, TA:) or experienced and submissive, like the horse in whose mouth the rope has been put. (TA.)

(assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) ate vehemently, (Sgh, K,) or strongly and vehemently, (T, TA,) after eating little, (Sgh, K,) or after eating feebly and little. (T, TA.) -A2- اِسْتَحْنَكَتِ العِضَاهُ (assumed tropical:) The [trees called] عضاه were, or became, pulled up by the roots. (K.)

: see حُنْكَةٌ, in two places.

: see حُنْكَةٌ.

The part beneath the chin [and lower jaw], (S, Mgh,) of a man &c.: (S:) or [the palate, or soft palate;] the interior of the upper part of the inside of the mouth, (K, TA,) of a man and of a beast: (TA:) and the lower part, from the extremity of the fore part of the two jaws, (K,) below these: (TA:) or the roof of the upper part of the mouth, (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán, ” El-Ghooree, Mgh, TA,) from which depends the لَهَاة [or uvula]: (Zj ubi suprà:) and also applied to the two jaws: (TA:) or, accord. to IAar, the حَنَك is the lower part of the mouth, [beneath the lower jaw,] and the فقم is the upper part: and the حَنَكَانِ are the upper and the lower: (Th, Az, Mgh, TA:) but حَنَكٌ is scarcely ever applied to the upper alone: [this art., however, shows instances in which it is thus applied:] (Az, TA:) it is masc.: (Msb:) pl. أَحْنَاكٌ, (Msb, K,) which is its only pl. form. (TA.) Sometimes, [as is often the case in modern Arabic,] The mouth is meant thereby. ('Ináyeh. MF.) And The beak: (S, 'Ináyeh:) حَنَكُ الغُرَابَ signifying the beak of the crow, or raven: or the blackness thereof: (K:) or the blackness of its feathers: (Er-Rághib, TA:) [whence the saying,] أَسْوَدُ مِثْلُ حَنَكِ الغُرَابِ, (S,) or مِنْ حَنَكِ الغُرَابِ; respecting which see حَلَكٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And (tropical:) A party of men seeking after herbage in a district, or country, to pasture [their animals] upon it: (K, TA:) pl. أَحْنَاكٌ. (TA.) You say, مَا تَرَكَ الأَحْنَاكُ فِى أَرْضِنَا شَيْيأًا, meaning (tropical:) The parties of men passing [in search of herbage left not in our land anything]. (TA.)

: see حُنْكَةٌ, in two places: -A2- and see also حَنِيكٌ. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) Intelligent; applied to a woman; (K;) and, as some say, with ة: (TA:) and to a man: (K:) so says Fr: (TA:) and pl. of ↓ حَنِيكٌ, which signifies the same; (TA;) as does also ↓ مَحْنُوكٌ. (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- Eaters: applied to men. (TA.)

(Lth, S, K) and ↓ حُنْكٌ, (Lth, K,) or ↓ حِنْكٌ, (K,) and ↓ حُنُكٌ, (Lth, TA,) (tropical:) Firmness, or soundness, of judgment, (S, K, TA,) produced by experience: (K, TA:) or age and experience, (Lth, TA,) and knowledge, or skill, in affairs: (TA:) or experience, and good judgment: (W p. 176:) or mature, sound, or right, judgment. (MA.) They say, ↓ هُمْ أَهْلُ الحُنْكِ and ↓ الحُنُكِ and الحُنْكَةِ (tropical:) They are people of age and experience [&c.]. (Lth, TA.) -A2- Also the first, (S, K,) and ↓ حِنَاكٌ, (K,) [or] the latter is pl. of the former, (A 'Obeyd, S,) [or is also pl. of the former,] A thong, (قِدَّةٌ, A 'Obeyd, S, K, [in the CK قُدَّةٌ,]) or a piece of wood, (K,) which conjoins the [pieces of wood called] عَرَاصِيف, (so in two copies of the S,) or غَرَاضِيف, (K, TA, [in the CK العَراضِيف,]) of the [saddle called] رَحْل: so in the T. (TA.)

A bond for the neck, with which a captive is bound: whenever it is pulled, it goes against, or hurts, his حَنَك [i. e., the part beneath the chin and lower jaw]. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also أَخَذَ بِحِنَاكِ صَاحِبِهِ, meaning He laid hold upon the حَنَك [or part beneath the chin and lower jaw], and the لَبَب [or part between the collar-bones], of his companion, and then dragged him to him. (TA.) ― -b3- See also المِحْنَكُ: ― -b4- and see حُنْكَةٌ.