ن وك

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes foolishness, stupidity, and lack of intelligence. It extends to concepts of helplessness, ignorance, and being incapable or foolish.

Derived headwords

النُوك، بالضم والفتحnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
The state of being foolish or stupid. The pronunciation with damma (ضم) is more common, as noted by Al-Jawhari.
2.
stupidityboth
A lack of intelligence or sense.

نوكnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A state of foolishness, often used as a masdar for the verb 'to be foolish'.

نواكةnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A state of foolishness or stupidity, often used as a masdar.

نواكاnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A state of foolishness or stupidity, often used as a masdar.

ونوكاnoun

1.
foolishnessboth
A state of foolishness or stupidity, often used as a masdar.

استنوك الرجلverb

1.
to become foolishboth
The man became foolish or stupid.

أنوكadjective

1.
foolishboth
A person who is foolish or stupid.
2.
helplessclassical
Someone who is incapable or helpless.
3.
ignorantclassical
Someone who is ignorant or lacking knowledge.

مستنوكadjective

1.
foolishboth
Someone who has become foolish or stupid.

نوكىadjective

1.
foolishboth
Plural form of 'anook', referring to foolish people.
2.
stupidboth
A group of people characterized by stupidity.

نوكadjective

1.
foolishclassical
A state of foolishness, similar to 'sukra' (drunk).

أهوجadjective

1.
stupidboth
Describing someone who is foolish or stupid, analogous to 'ahwaj'.

هوجnoun

1.
stupidityboth
The state of being foolish or stupid.

نوكاءadjective

1.
foolishboth
A foolish woman.

أنوكهverb

1.
to find foolishboth
To encounter or find someone to be foolish or stupid.

ما أنوكهinterjection

1.
How foolish he is!both
An exclamation expressing astonishment at someone's foolishness.

الأنوكadjective

1.
helplessclassical
Describing someone who is helpless or incapable.
2.
ignorantclassical
Describing someone who is ignorant or foolish.
3.
blind in speechclassical
Someone whose speech is unclear or nonsensical.

استنوك فلاناverb

1.
to make someone foolishboth
To cause someone to appear or become foolish.

Parallel reading

وداء الجسم ملتمس شفاه ... وداء النوك ليس له دواء

The disease of the body seeks a cure... but the disease of foolishness has no cure.

وأنشد لقيس بن الخطيم: (وداء الجسم ملتمس شفاه ... وداء النوك ليس له دواء)

And he recited for Qays bin Al-Khatim: (The disease of the body seeks a cure... but the disease of foolishness has no cure).

نوك كفرح نواكة ونواكا ونوكا محركة أي حمق حماقة.

Nawaka and nawaka and nawuka (vowelized) means to be extremely foolish, like 'hamqa' (foolishness).

واستنوك الرجل: صار أنوك وهو أنوك ومستنوك نوكى ونوك، كسكرى

And 'istanawka al-rajul' means the man became foolish, being 'anook' and 'mustanook', 'nawka' and 'nawka', like 'sukra' (drunk).

قال سيبويه: أجري مجرى هلكى لأنه شيء أصيبوا به في عقولهم

Sibawayh said: It is treated like 'halaka' because it is something that afflicts their minds.

والأخيرة على القياس، مثل أهوج وهوج

And the latter is according to analogy, like 'ahwaj' and 'hawj'.

قال الراجز: تضحك مني شيخة ضحوك

The poet said: An old woman laughs at me, a laughing one.

واستنوكت وللشباب نوك

And she became foolish, and youth has foolishness.

قلت لقوم خرجوا هذا ليل نوكى ولا ينفع في النوكى القيل

I said to a group who went out: This is a night of fools, and talk is of no use among fools.

احتذروا لا يلقكم طماليل قليلة أموالهم عزازيل

Beware, lest you encounter the wretched, whose wealth is little, the stubborn ones.

وامرأة نوكاء من نسوة نوك أيضا على القياس.

And a foolish woman from among foolish women, also by analogy.

وأنوكه: صادفه أنوك.

And 'anwukahu' means to find him foolish.

ويقال: ما أنوكه، أي: ما أحمقه

And it is said: 'Ma anwukahu', meaning: How foolish he is!

ولم يقل أنوك به وهو القياس عن ابن السراج، نقله الجوهري

And he did not say 'anook bihi', which is the analogy according to Ibn Al-Siraj, as narrated by Al-Jawhari.

وقال سيبويه: وقع التعجب فيه بما أفعله وإن كان كالخلق، لأنه ليس يكون في الجسد ولا بخلقة فيه، وإنما هو من نقصان العقل.

And Sibawayh said: The exclamation of wonder occurs with 'ma af'alahu' even if it is like a natural disposition, because it is not in the body nor a physical creation, but rather from a deficiency of intellect.

الأنوك: العاجز الجاهل، وأيضا العمي في كلامه عن الأصمعي

Al-anook: The helpless ignorant one, and also one who is nonsensical in his speech, according to Al-Asma'i.

فكن أنوك النوكى إذا ما لقيتهم

So be the most foolish of the foolish when you meet them.

وقال غيره: النوك عند العرب: العجز والجهل.

And others said: Al-nawka among the Arabs means helplessness and ignorance.

واستنوك فلانا: استحمقه.

And 'istanawka fulanan' means to make someone foolish.