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أَنْكَى
more harmful /ˈʔan.kaː/
adjectiveB1#1989 most common
Also: more devastating, more grievous, even worse
Example sentences
هٰذا أَنْكَى.
This one is more harmful.
الجُوعُ أَنْكَى مِنَ الخَوْفِ.
Hunger is more harmful than fear.
كانَتْ خَسائِرُهُم أَنْكَى مِمّا تَوَقَّعوا.
Their losses were more devastating than they had expected.
والأَنْكَى مِن ذٰلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْتَذِرْ.
What made it worse was that he did not apologize.
أَصابَتِ الكَلِمَةُ في نَفْسِهِ أَنْكَى مِمّا أَصابَ السَّيْفُ في جَسَدِهِ.
The word wounded his spirit more deeply than the sword wounded his body.
لا شَيْءَ أَنْكَى في العَدُوِّ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ عَلى بَغْيِهِ حَتّى يَحينَ الوَقْتُ.
Nothing harms an enemy more than patience with his aggression until the moment arrives.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَنْكَى | الأَنْكَوْنَ |
| Genitive | أَنْكَى | الأَنْكَيْنَ |
| Accusative | أَنْكَى | الأَنْكَيْنَ |
| Vocative | يا أَنْكَى | يا أَنْكَوْنَ |
Word family
نَكَىto harm, to inflict losses on
نِكايةharm or damage dealt to an enemy
نَكَأَto reopen or scratch a wound
ناكٍone who inflicts harm
Etymology
أَنْكَى is the elative (comparative and superlative) form of the root ن-ك-ي, which means to harm, to wound, or to inflict losses on an enemy. The related noun نِكاية denotes the damage dealt in battle. The elative pattern أَفْعَل turns the sense of the root into 'more harmful' or 'most harmful'.
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