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نيك

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes sexual intercourse, with variations for intensity and participants. It also extends metaphorically to overwhelming sensations like sleepiness or the impact of rain.

Derived headwords

النَّيْكnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourseboth

    The act of sexual intercourse, a common and direct term.

نَائِكadjective
  1. 1.
    one who has intercourseboth

    The active participle, referring to the male who engages in sexual intercourse.

مَنِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    sexually penetrated (male)both

    The passive participle, referring to the male who is the object of sexual intercourse.

مَنِيُوكadjective
  1. 1.
    sexually penetrated (male)both

    An alternative passive participle form for the male who is the object of sexual intercourse.

مَنِيُوكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sexually penetrated (female)both

    The passive participle referring to the female who is the object of sexual intercourse.

نَاكَverb
  1. 1.
    to have sexual intercourseboth

    The basic verb form denoting the act of sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    to overwhelm (sleepiness)classical

    Used metaphorically to describe sleepiness overcoming someone.

  3. 3.
    to impact (rain)classical

    Used metaphorically to describe rain affecting the ground.

يَنِيكُverb
  1. 1.
    to have sexual intercourseboth

    The imperfect form of the verb 'to have sexual intercourse'.

  2. 2.
    to overwhelm (sleepiness)classical

    The imperfect form used metaphorically for sleepiness overcoming someone.

  3. 3.
    to impact (rain)classical

    The imperfect form used metaphorically for rain affecting the ground.

نَيْكًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourse (masdar)both

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'to have sexual intercourse'.

النِّيَاكadjective
  1. 1.
    very frequent in intercourseboth

    An intensified form indicating frequent or excessive sexual intercourse.

تَنَايَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be overcome by sleepinessclassical

    Form V verb, used to describe people being overcome by sleepiness.

  2. 2.
    to close upon each other (eyelids)classical

    Form V verb, used to describe eyelids closing upon each other.

Parallel reading

النيك: معروف
Sexual intercourse: is known.
والفاعل: نائك
And the doer is: a penetrator.
والمفعول به منيك ومنيوك
And the object is: penetrated (male).
والأنثى منيوكة
And the female is: penetrated (female).
وقد ناكها ينيكها نيكا
And he had intercourse with her, he has intercourse with her, an intercourse.
والنياك: الكثير النيك؛ شدد للكثرة
And Al-Niyak: the frequent one in intercourse; it is intensified for frequency.
وفي المثل قال: من ينك العير ينك نياكا
And in the proverb it is said: whoever has intercourse with the donkey, will have frequent intercourse.
وتنايك القوم: غلبهم النعاس
And the people were overcome by sleepiness: sleepiness overcame them.
وتنايكت الأجفان: انطبق بعضها على بعض
And the eyelids closed upon each other: some of them closed upon others.
ناك المطر الأرض
The rain impacted the earth.
ونـاك النعاس عينه إذا غلب عليها
And sleepiness overcame his eye when it prevailed over him.