The Arabic root ذ-ك-ي (dh-k-y)

Form I verb ذَكِيَ: to be smart

5 words in the dictionary are built from ذ-ك-ي, including verbs in Forms I, II, VI. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective

ذَكِيّ

intelligent

Verb · Form II

ذَكَّى

to slaughter

Verb · Form I

ذَكِيَ

to be smart

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

ذَكِيَ · present يَذْكَى

Form I · The plain action

to be smart, to be intelligent

ذَكَاء

Verbal noun

ذَكِيّ

Active participle

intelligent

ذَكَّى · present يُذَكِّي

Form II · Causative or intensive

to slaughter; to set fire on

تَذْكِيَة

Verbal noun

مُذَكٍّ

Active participle

مُذَكًّى

Passive participle

تَذَاكَى · present يَتَذَاكَى

Form VI · Mutual action

to feign intelligence, to pretend to be smart

تَذَاكٍ

Verbal noun

مُتَذَاكٍ

Active participle

مُتَذَاكًى

Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

ذَكَاوَة

Noun

sharpness of intelligence

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