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نقي

نقي

See also: نقئ, نفي, and نفى

Arabic

Adjective

نَقِيّ (naqiyy) (feminine نَقِيَّة (naqiyya), masculine plural نِقَاء (niqāʾ) or أَنْقِيَاء (ʾanqiyāʾ) or نَقْوَاء (naqwāʾ), elative أَنْقَى (ʾanqā))

  1. pure
  2. clean, spotless
  3. clear, serene
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), نقي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نقو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

نَقِي (naqī) (form I)

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

Verb

نَقِيَ (naqiya) (form I)

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