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nākafa

vex, harass

ناكَفَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

ن ك ف

Forms

Present
يُناكِفُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ ناكَفَيُناكِفُ—
she هِيَ ناكَفَتتُناكِفُ—
they two (m.) هُما ناكَفايُناكِفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما ناكَفَتاتُناكِفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ ناكَفُوايُناكِفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ ناكَفْنَيُناكِفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ ناكَفْتَتُناكِفُناكِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ ناكَفْتِتُناكِفِينَناكِفِي
you two أَنْتُما ناكَفْتُماتُناكِفانِناكِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ ناكَفْتُمتُناكِفُونَناكِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ ناكَفْتُنَّتُناكِفْنَناكِفْنَ
I أَنا ناكَفْتُأُناكِفُ—
we نَحْنُ ناكَفْنانُناكِفُ—

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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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