泣なき

noun

crying; weeping; lamenting

Noun form of 泣く, referring to the act or state of crying. In sorrowful contexts it can carry the sense of weeping or lamenting; in everyday use it is especially common in compounds and set phrases.

• 赤あかちゃんの泣なきが止とまらない。

  The baby's crying won't stop.

• 子こどもの泣なきにどう対たい応おうするかで悩なやんでいる。

  I am struggling with how to respond to the child's crying.