ינק

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *yanaḳ-.

Descendants[edit]

  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ינקא (yānqā)

Verb[edit]

יְנַק (yᵊnaq)

  1. to suck

Further reading[edit]

  • ynq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew[edit]

Root
י־נ־ק (y-n-q)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *yanaḳ-.

Verb[edit]

יָנַק (yanák) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לינוק / לִינֹק, future יִינַק, imperative יְנַק)

  1. to suckle, to nurse, to breastfeed

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • Biblical Hebrew נוק (nūq, to suck, to nurse)