Arabic

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Root
ذ ك ي (ḏ k y)
5 terms
Root
ذ ك و (ḏ k w)
4 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. intelligent, smart
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ذَكِيَ (ḏakiya) I (non-past يَذْكَى (yaḏkā), verbal noun ذَكَاء (ḏakāʔ))

  1. to be smart, to be intelligent
Conjugation
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References

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

Egyptian Arabic

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Root
ذ ك ي
1 term

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ذكي (zaki) (feminine ذكية (zakiyya), masculine plural أذكية (ʔazkiya))

  1. intelligent