nakafa

stop, disdain, reject

نَكَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن ك ف

Forms

Present: يَنْكُفُ
Verbal noun: نَكْف

In the library

قال: أرجز بهم يوما إلى الليل لا أنكف.

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Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	نَكَفَ	يَنْكُفُ	—
she هِيَ	نَكَفَت	تَنْكُفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	نَكَفا	يَنْكُفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	نَكَفَتا	تَنْكُفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	نَكَفُوا	يَنْكُفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	نَكَفْنَ	يَنْكُفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	نَكَفْتَ	تَنْكُفُ	اُنْكُفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	نَكَفْتِ	تَنْكُفِينَ	اُنْكُفِي
you two أَنْتُما	نَكَفْتُما	تَنْكُفانِ	اُنْكُفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	نَكَفْتُم	تَنْكُفُونَ	اُنْكُفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	نَكَفْتُنَّ	تَنْكُفْنَ	اُنْكُفْنَ
I أَنا	نَكَفْتُ	أَنْكُفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	نَكَفْنا	نَنْكُفُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

نَكِفَ مِنَالشَّىْءِ Form I He abstained from, or refused to do, the thing, from disdain and pride

, aor. ; inf. n. نَكَفٌ; and نَكَفَ, aor. ; and ↓ استنكف; He abstained from, or refused to do, the thing, from disdain and pride. (Msb.)
تَنَكَّفَ بِمَوْضِعِ كَذَا Form V He waited

[He waited, &c.,] i. q. تَلَيَّثَ. (TA in art. صقر, from the “ Nawádir. ”)
اِسْتَنْكَفَ مِنْهُ Form X He disdained, or scorned, it; was ashamed of it

(KL, * MA) He disdained, or scorned, it; was ashamed of it. (KL, MA.) See 1.
نَكَفَةٌ Open entry

: see غُنْدُبَةٌ, and لُغْدٌ.

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