*nḳḏ: 'to rescue, save; to capture (as booty)'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*nḳḏ
Meaning	'to rescue, save; to capture (as booty)'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʾanqaḏa 'he saved, rescued, liberated' (Lane 2837); naqaḏ 'a thing that one has saved, rescued' (Lane 2837)	Lane 2837
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ʾnqḏ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 45); nqḏ, tqḏ (Al-Jallad 2026, 103)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 45; Al-Jallad 2026 103	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab hnqḏ (SD 97) (Biella 315)	SD 97; Biella 315	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	na-gi-sum /n-q-ḏ/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 92), /nāqiḏum/ (G ptc.) (VE 1025; Hajouz 2013, 494)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 92; VE 1025; Hajouz 2013, 494	gloss withheld

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Al-Jallad–Jaworska 45 compare Safaitic ʾnqḏ with South Arabian hnqḏ, snqḏ 'to capture'; Biella 315 sets Arabic naqaḏa beside Sabaic.

Updated 25 October 2026