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This root primarily concerns the concept of purity, selection, and excellence. It extends to meanings of choosing the best part of something, as well as physical qualities like leanness or thinness, and even specific types of plants and geological formations.

Derived headwords

نَقِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    pureboth

    Free from impurities or contamination; clean.

  2. 2.
    leanboth

    Describing a person or animal as thin or slender, particularly in the limbs.

نَقَاوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    purityboth

    The state or quality of being pure; freedom from adulteration or contamination.

  2. 2.
    excellenceclassical

    The quality of being excellent; superiority.

نَقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    purityboth

    The state or quality of being pure; freedom from adulteration or contamination.

  2. 2.
    clarityclassical

    The state of being clear and transparent.

نَقَاءَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    purityclassical

    The state or quality of being pure; freedom from adulteration or contamination.

نِقَايَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    purityclassical

    The state or quality of being pure; freedom from adulteration or contamination.

  2. 2.
    selectionclassical

    The act of choosing or selecting.

نَقَاوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    purityclassical

    The state or quality of being pure; freedom from adulteration or contamination.

نَقَوَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    slenderclassical

    Describing a woman as slender or delicate, particularly in her limbs.

أَقَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to chooseclassical

    To select or pick out something.

تَنَقَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to selectclassical

    To carefully choose or pick out something.

اِنْتَقَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to chooseboth

    To select or pick out something.

نُقْوَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    best partboth

    The choicest or best part of something.

نَقَاوَتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    best partboth

    The choicest or best part of something.

نَقَاتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    best partboth

    The choicest or best part of something.

نِقَايَتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    best partboth

    The choicest or best part of something.

نَقَاوَتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    best partboth

    The choicest or best part of something.

نَقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    best partsclassical

    Plural of 'nuqwah', referring to the choicest parts of something.

نَقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    best partsclassical

    Plural of 'nuqwah', referring to the choicest parts of something.

نَقَايَاnoun
  1. 1.
    best partsclassical

    Plural of 'niqayah', referring to the choicest parts of something.

نَقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    best partsclassical

    Plural of 'niqayah', referring to the choicest parts of something.

نُقَاةُnoun
  1. 1.
    inferior partclassical

    The inferior or rejected part of food; what is discarded.

نِقَايَتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    inferior partclassical

    The inferior or rejected part of food; what is discarded.

نَقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    sand duneclassical

    A raised, rounded piece of sand; a sand dune.

نَقَوَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunesclassical

    Dual form of 'naqa', referring to two sand dunes.

نَقِيَّانِnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunesclassical

    Dual form of 'naqa', referring to two sand dunes.

أَنْقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunesclassical

    Plural of 'naqa', referring to sand dunes.

بَنَاتُ النَّقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    sand-dwelling insectclassical

    A small insect that inhabits sand dunes.

النَّقْوُnoun
  1. 1.
    humerusclassical

    The bone of the upper arm (humerus).

  2. 2.
    marrow boneclassical

    Any bone containing marrow.

النَّقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    humerusclassical

    The bone of the upper arm (humerus).

  2. 2.
    marrow boneclassical

    Any bone containing marrow.

أَنْقَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    humericlassical

    Plural of 'naqw' or 'naqa', referring to the bones of the upper arm.

  2. 2.
    marrow bonesclassical

    Plural of 'naqw' or 'naqa', referring to bones containing marrow.

النَّقِيُّnoun
  1. 1.
    marrowboth

    The soft fatty tissue inside bones.

أَنْقَىadjective
  1. 1.
    slender-limbedclassical

    Describing a man as having slender or delicate limbs.

نَقْوَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    slender-limbedclassical

    Describing a woman as having slender or delicate limbs.

نَقَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    trustclassical

    Reliability or confidence in someone or something.

النَّقَاوَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    plant for washing clothesclassical

    A type of plant used for washing clothes.

أَنْقَتِverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatclassical

    Used for camels, meaning they became fat or well-fed.

أَنْقَتِverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatclassical

    Used for land (barr), meaning it became fertile or abundant.

Parallel reading

نقي، كرضي، نقاوة ونقاء ونقاءة ونقاوة ونقاية
Pure, like 'radiya', purity and purity and purity and purity and purity.
فهو نقي ج: نقاء، ونقواء نادرة.
So he is pure, plural: nuqaa', and a rare nuqwaa'.
وأقاه وتنقاه وانتقاه: اختاره.
And 'aqahu', 'tanaqqaahu', and 'intaqaahu': he chose it.
ونقوة الشيء، ونقاوته ونقاته، بفتحهن، ونقايته ونقاوته، بضمهما: خياره
And the best part of a thing, and its best part, and its best part (with their opening vowels), and its best part, and its best part (with their closing vowels): its choicest part.
وجمع النقاوة: نقا ونقاء، وجمع النقاية: نقايا ونقاء.
And the plural of 'nuqawah' is 'nuqaa' and 'nuqaa'', and the plural of 'niqayah' is 'niqaayaa' and 'nuqaa''.
ونقاة الطعام، ونقايته، ويضمان: رديئه، وما ألقي منه.
And the inferior part of food, and its inferior part, and both are pronounced with damma: its bad part, and what is thrown away from it.
والنقا من الرمل: القطعة تنقاد محدودبة، وهما نقوان ونقيان ج: أنقاء ونقي.
And 'an-naqa' from the sand: a raised, rounded piece; and they are dual: 'naqawaan' and 'naqiyyaan', plural: 'anqaa'' and 'nuqaa''.
وبنات النقا: دويبة تسكن الرمل.
And 'banaat an-naqa': a small creature that inhabits the sand.
والنقو والنقا: عظم العضد، أو كل عظم ذي مخ ج: أنقاء.
And 'an-naqw' and 'an-naqa': the bone of the upper arm, or any bone with marrow, plural: 'anqaa''.
والنقي: المخ.
And 'an-naqiyy': the marrow.
ورجل أنقى، وامرأة نقواء: دقيقا القصب.
And a man 'anqaa', and a woman 'naqwaa': slender in the limbs.
وثقة نقة: إتباع.
And 'thiqatu niqqah': following or trust.
والنقاوة، بالضم: نبات يغسل به الثياب ج: نقاوى.
And 'an-nuqawah', with damma: a plant with which clothes are washed, plural: 'nagaawaa''.
وأنقت الإبل: سمنت، و البر: سمن.
And the camels 'anqat': they became fat, and the land 'anqat': it became abundant.