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)