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

> Proto-Semitic *nḳḏ, 'to rescue, save; to capture (as booty)': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

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

## Reflexes

| 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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## Notes

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

## Linked from

- [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>)

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