נקי

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ק־ה (n-q-h)
4 terms

Related to Arabic نَقِيّ (naqiyy, “pure, clean”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈki/

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Adjective

נָקִי • (nakí) (feminine נְקִיָּה, masculine plural נְקִיִּים, feminine plural נְקִיּוֹת) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. clean
2. net

Antonyms

• מלוכלך (m'lukhlákh, “dirty”)

References

• H5355 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “נקי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew נקי.

Adjective

נקי • (noki)

1. clean; pure
2. (figuratively) penniless

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 128