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PCS
*nḳy - to be clean
(Kogan 2015: 216)
Origin uncertain. Hardly any connection with Akk.
naḳû
‘to pour out as a libation’ (Kogan 2015: 216).
Words
Hebrew
nḳy
- to be clean
(HALOT 720)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
nḳy
- to be clean
(DJPA 360)
Arabic
nqy
- to be clean
(Lane 3037)
Mehri
náyḳi
- to be pure, clean, cleansed
(ML 298)
probably borrowed from Arabic
Jibbali
níḳi
- to be pure; to be found innocent
(JL 191)
probably borrowed from Arabic