نكي

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns causing harm, injury, or damage, particularly to an enemy. It extends to concepts of overcoming, defeating, and inflicting significant losses. It also has a distinct meaning related to lancing or picking at a wound.

Derived headwords

نَكَىverb

1.
to harmboth
To inflict harm, injury, or damage upon someone, especially an enemy.
2.
to kill and woundclassical
To cause many casualties among the enemy through killing and wounding, leading to their weakening.
3.
to overcomeclassical
To defeat or gain victory over an opponent.

نِكَايَةnoun

1.
harmboth
The act or instance of causing harm, injury, or damage.
2.
killing and woundingclassical
The act of inflicting numerous wounds and deaths upon an enemy, causing them to weaken.
3.
defeatclassical
The state of being overcome or vanquished.

نَاكٍadjective

1.
harmingclassical
One who inflicts harm, injury, or death, especially upon an enemy.

نَكَأَverb

1.
to lanceboth
To pick at or open a wound or sore, such as lancing a boil.

أَنْكَأَverb

1.
to lanceclassical
To cause a wound or sore to be opened or picked at.

Parallel reading

نكى العدو نكاية: أصاب منه.

He harmed the enemy, inflicting harm: he injured him.

إن الليل طويل ولا ينكنا يعني لا نبل من همه وأرقه بما ينكينا ويغمنا.

Indeed, the night is long, and we do not escape from its worry and sleeplessness, which harms and saddens us.

نكيت في العدو نكاية إذا قتلت فيهم وجرحت

You inflicted harm upon the enemy, causing harm, if you killed and wounded among them.

نحن منعنا واديي لصافا، ... ننكي العدا ونكرم الأضيافا

We defended the valleys of Lasaaf, ... we harm the enemies and honor the guests.

أو ينكي لك عدوا

Or he harms an enemy for you.

يقال نكيت في العدو أنكي نكاية فأنا ناك إذا كثرت فيهم الجراح والقتل فوهنوا لذلك.

It is said that you inflicted harm upon the enemy, causing harm, and you are one who harms, if wounds and killings become numerous among them, so they weaken because of that.

نكأت القرحة أنكؤها نكأ إذا قرفتها وقشرتها.

You lanced the sore, you lance it, you lance it, if you scrape it and peel it.

وقد نكيت في العدو أنكي نكاية أي هزمته وغلبته

And you have harmed the enemy, causing harm, meaning you defeated him and overcame him.