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نقت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of extracting marrow from bones. It is presented as a variant of another root, with the 'waw' sound being replaced by a 'ta'. The core meaning revolves around the extraction of the inner substance of something, specifically bone marrow.

Derived headwords

نَقَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowclassical

    To draw out the marrow from a bone.

نَكَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowclassical

    To draw out the marrow from a bone; considered a variant of نَقَتَ.

أَنْقَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowclassical

    To cause someone to extract marrow from a bone, or to extract marrow from it.

نَقْتnoun
  1. 1.
    marrow extractionclassical

    The act of extracting marrow from a bone.

مُنَقَّتadjective
  1. 1.
    marrow-extractedclassical

    A bone from which the marrow has been extracted.

Parallel reading

نقت العظم
He extracted the marrow from the bone.
نكت إذا أخرج مخه
And 'nakt' if he extracted its marrow.
وكأنها، في السب، مخة آدب ... بيضاء، أدب بدؤها المنقوت
And it was like, in its whiteness, the marrow of a well-bred [animal]... white, its beginning is the marrow-extracted [bone].
نقت المخ أنقته نقتا
He extracted the marrow, he caused it to be extracted, with extraction.
لغة في نقوته إذا استخرجته
A variant pronunciation for 'naqawtuhu' if you extracted it.
كأنهم أبدلوا الواو تاء
As if they substituted the 'waw' with a 'ta'.