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النتك

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pulling or tearing something with force. It also extends to specific actions related to post-urination hygiene and plucking.

Derived headwords

نَتَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull and breakboth

    To pull something that you are holding onto, and then break it towards yourself with roughness or violence.

نَتْكnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling and breakingclassical

    The act of pulling something with force and breaking it towards oneself.

يَنْتِكُverb
  1. 1.
    to cleanse after urinationclassical

    To cleanse oneself after urinating by shaking or wiping.

نَتْكnoun
  1. 1.
    cleansing after urinationclassical

    The act of cleansing oneself after urination, often involving shaking or wiping.

نَتَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to pluckclassical

    To pluck or pull out something, such as hair.

نَتْكnoun
  1. 1.
    pluckingclassical

    The act of plucking or pulling out.

Parallel reading

جذب شيء تقبض عليه، ثم تكسره إليك بجفوة
To pull something that you are holding onto, and then break it towards yourself with roughness.
نتك ذكره ينتكه: استبرأ بعد البول ونفضه
He cleansed his penis after urination, shaking it.
والشعر: نتفه
And hair: he plucked it.