יָנַק (b. h.; cmp. אנק) [to press,] (cmp. מָצַץ) to suck. Sot. 12ᵇ ולא י׳ and he (Moses) would not suck; פה … יִנַק דבר טמא shall the mouth destined to speak with Divinity suck in an unclean substance?—Ber. 10ᵃ; a. fr.—Trnsf. to draw sap, absorb. B. Bath. 71ᵇ יוֹנְקִין משדה וכ׳ they (the plants) are nurtured from the consecrated field. Y. Erub. III, 21ᵇ איברים יונקין זה מזה the limbs of an animal draw nourishment from one another, i.e. in either portion of a slaughtered animal to be divided between two partners there are substances absorbed from the other; a. fr.
Hif. - הֵינִיק, הֵנִיק to give suck, feed. Pes. 112ᵃ … יותר לִינָק … להָנִיק more than the calf desires to suck, does the cow desire to give suck, i.e. the teacher is more anxious to teach than the pupil to learn. Bekh. 7ᵇ כל המוליד מֵנִיק every viviparous animal is a mammal. Keth. V, 5 ומֵנִיקָה את בנה וכ׳ (Y. ed. ומֵינִ׳) and she is bound to nurse her child herself. Nidd. I, 4 נתנה בנה למֵנִיקָה (Y. למינ׳) if she gave her child out to a wet-nurse. Ib. 5 ומניקה and while she nurses a child. Tosef. ib. II, 2; Keth. 60ᵃ מֵינֶקֶת שמת וכ׳ a woman whose husband died during her nursing period. Ib. 65ᵇ סתם מֵנִיקוֹת וכ׳ as a rule nursing women are of delicate health. Taan. 27ᵇ מניקות שיָנִיקוּ וכ׳ in behalf of the nursing women (they prayed) that they might be able to nurse &c.; a. fr.