Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the roots ذ ك و (ḏ-k-w) and ذ ك ي (ḏ-k-y); compare ذَكِيَ (ḏakiya, to be intelligent).

Adjective edit

ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy) (feminine ذَكِيَّة (ḏakiyya), masculine plural ذَكِيُّون (ḏakiyyūn) or أَذْكِيَاء (ʔaḏkiyāʔ), feminine plural ذَكِيَّات (ḏakiyyāt), elative أَذْكَى (ʔaḏkā))

  1. intelligent, smart

Declension edit

Verb edit

ذَكِيَ (ḏakiya) I, non-past يَذْكَى‎ (yaḏkā)

  1. to be smart, to be intelligent

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Mace, John (2007) “ذكي”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN