نق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ن ق ق (n-q-q).

Pronunciation

Verb

نَقَّ (naqqa) I (non-past يَنِقُّ (yaniqqu), verbal noun نَقِيق (naqīq))

  1. to croak (of frogs)
    • 2001, منذر يونس [Munther A. Younes], “القبرة والفيل [The Elephant and the Lark]”, in حكايات كليلة ودمنة لطلاب اللغة العربية [Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: For Students of Arabic], page 2:
      فَذَهَبَتْ الضَّفَادِعُ وَتَجَمَّعَتْ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ وَبَدَأَتْ تَنِقُّ.
      fa-ḏahabati ḍ-ḍafādiʕu wa-tajammaʕat fi l-ḥufrati wa-badaʔat taniqqu.
      So the frogs went and gathered in the pit and started to croak.
  2. to cluck, to cackle (of chickens)
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

نَقِ (naqi) (form I) /na.qi/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَقَى (waqā)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن ق ق
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَقَّ (naqqa).

Pronunciation

Verb

نَقّ (nagg) I (non-past يِنُقّ (yinugg))

  1. to insist by bothering
  2. to bother

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نق (nagg)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نقّيت (naggēt) نقّيت (naggēt) نقّ (nagg) نقّينا (naggēna) نقّيتوا (naggētu) نقّوا (naggu)
f نقّيتي (naggēti) نقّت (naggat)
non-past m أنقّ (ʔanugg) تنقّ (tinugg) ينقّ (yinugg) ننقّ (ninugg) تنقّوا (tinuggu) ينقّوا (yinuggu)
f تنقّي (tinuggi) تنقّ (tinugg)
imperative m نقّ (nugg) نقّوا (nuggu)
f نقّي (nuggi)

See also

Malay

Etymology 1

Preposition

نق

  1. Jawi spelling of nak‎.

Verb

نق

  1. Jawi spelling of nak‎.

Etymology 2

Noun

نق

  1. Jawi spelling of nak‎.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ق ق
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَقَّ (naqqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʔʔ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Verb

نقّ (naʔʔ) I (present بنقّ (biniʔʔ) or بنقّ (binoʔʔ))

  1. to insist
    Synonyms: لحّ (laḥḥ), أصرّ (ʔaṣarr)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نقّ (aجج)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نقّيت (aججēt) نقّيت (aججēt) نقّ (aجج) نقّينا (aججēna) نقّيتو (aججētu) نقّو (aججu)
f نقّيتي (aججēti) نقّت (aججat)
present m بنقّ (baiجج) بتنقّ (bitiجج) بنقّ (biiجج) مننقّ (miniجج) بتنقّو (bitiججu) بنقّو (biiججu)
f بتنقّي (bitiججi) بتنقّ (bitiجج)
subjunctive m انقّ (aiجج) تنقّ (tiجج) ينقّ (yiجج) ننقّ (niجج) تنقّو (tiججu) ينقّو (yiججu)
f تنقّي (tiججi) تنقّ (tiجج)
imperative m نقّ (iجج) نقّو (iججu)
f نقّي (iججi)
    Conjugation of نقّ (aجج)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نقّيت (aججēt) نقّيت (aججēt) نقّ (aجج) نقّينا (aججēna) نقّيتو (aججētu) نقّو (aججu)
f نقّيتي (aججēti) نقّت (aججat)
present m بنقّ (baoجج) بتنقّ (bitoجج) بنقّ (bioجج) مننقّ (minoجج) بتنقّو (bitoججu) بنقّو (bioججu)
f بتنقّي (bitoججi) بتنقّ (bitoجج)
subjunctive m انقّ (aoجج) تنقّ (toجج) ينقّ (yoجج) ننقّ (noجج) تنقّو (toججu) ينقّو (yoججu)
f تنقّي (toججi) تنقّ (toجج)
imperative m نقّ (oجج) نقّو (oججu)
f نقّي (oججi)