نَكَر
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Highlights
Present tense
يُنْكِرُ
Verbal noun
إِنْكَار
Active participle
مُنْكِر
Passive participle
مُنْكَر
Most common words from the same root
Noun
نَكِرَة
indefinite
Noun
إِنْكَار
refusal
Verb · Form V
تَنَكَّرَ
to dress up
أَنْكَرَ in English
Verb · Form IV
- to deny
أَنْكَرَ الرِّيَاضِيُّ أَيَّ تَوَرُّطٍ مَعَ الْمُنَشِّطَاتِ لٰكِنَّهُ وَاجَهَ تَدْقِيقًا قَاسِيًا.The athlete denied any involvement with doping but faced harsh scrutiny.
Words from the root ن-ك-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
نَكِرَ
· present يَنْكَرُ
Form I · The plain action
to feel unfamiliar about; to deny
نُكْر
grave
نُكُور
نَكِير
نَكِر
نَاكِر
مَنْكُور
نَكُرَ
· present يَنْكُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to become difficult and intense (of an issue); to be objectionable and abhorrent (of an issue); to be ambiguous, to be indefinite (of an issue)
نَكَارَة
نُكُر
نَكَّرَ
· present يُنَكِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to mask; to use (a noun) as indefinite
تَنْكِير
مُنَكِّر
مُنَكَّر
to deny
إِنْكَار
refusal
مُنْكِر
denier
مُنْكَر
immoral behaviour
تَنَكَّرَ
· present يَتَنَكَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to dress up, to disguise oneself; to shut oneself off, to behave dismissingly
تَنَكُّر
مُتَنَكِّر
اِسْتَنْكَرَ
· present يَسْتَنْكِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to rebuke, to censure, to deplore, to condemn; to not know, to be ignorant of (someone/something); to judge in a derogatory manner, to disparage, to condemn
اِسْتِنْكَار
مُسْتَنْكِر
مُسْتَنْكَر
نَكِرَة
indefinite
أَنْكَرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَنْكَرْتُ | أُنْكِرُ | أُنْكِرَ | أُنْكِرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَنْكَرْتَ | تُنْكِرُ | تُنْكِرَ | تُنْكِرْ | أَنْكِرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَنْكَرْتِ | تُنْكِرِينَ | تُنْكِرِي | تُنْكِرِي | أَنْكِرِي |
| هُوَ he | أَنْكَرَ | يُنْكِرُ | يُنْكِرَ | يُنْكِرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَنْكَرَتْ | تُنْكِرُ | تُنْكِرَ | تُنْكِرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَنْكَرْتُمَا | تُنْكِرَانِ | تُنْكِرَا | تُنْكِرَا | أَنْكِرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَنْكَرَا | يُنْكِرَانِ | يُنْكِرَا | يُنْكِرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَنْكَرَتَا | تُنْكِرَانِ | تُنْكِرَا | تُنْكِرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَنْكَرْنَا | نُنْكِرُ | نُنْكِرَ | نُنْكِرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَنْكَرْتُمْ | تُنْكِرُونَ | تُنْكِرُوا | تُنْكِرُوا | أَنْكِرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَنْكَرْتُنَّ | تُنْكِرْنَ | تُنْكِرْنَ | تُنْكِرْنَ | أَنْكِرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَنْكَرُوا | يُنْكِرُونَ | يُنْكِرُوا | يُنْكِرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَنْكَرْنَ | يُنْكِرْنَ | يُنْكِرْنَ | يُنْكِرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِنْكَار |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُنْكِر |
| Passive participle | مُنْكَر |
أَنْكَرَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to deny
أَنْكَرَ الرِّيَاضِيُّ أَيَّ تَوَرُّطٍ مَعَ الْمُنَشِّطَاتِ لٰكِنَّهُ وَاجَهَ تَدْقِيقًا قَاسِيًا.The athlete denied any involvement with doping but faced harsh scrutiny.
From a fully vowelled text
فَأَنْكَرَهُ قَائِلاً: «لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ يَا امْرَأَةُ!»And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.Luke 22:57, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَنْكَرَ بُطْرُسُ أَيْضًا. وَلِلْوَقْتِ صَاحَ الدِّيكُ.Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.John 18:27, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَنْكَرَ أَيْضًا بِقَسَمٍ: «إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ الرَّجُلَ!»And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.Matthew 26:72, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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