istankafa

be proud, disdain, loathe

اِسْتَنْكَفَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

ن ك ف

Forms

Present: يَسْتَنْكِفُ

In the library

ولم يكن لأولئك المتغلبين أن ينتحلوا ألقاب الخلافة، واستنكفوا من مشاركة الوزراء في اللقب لأنهم خول لهم، فتسموا بالإمارة والسلطان.

The Muqaddimah, page 150 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِسْتَنْكَفَ	يَسْتَنْكِفُ	—
she هِيَ	اِسْتَنْكَفَت	تَسْتَنْكِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَنْكَفا	يَسْتَنْكِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَنْكَفَتا	تَسْتَنْكِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَنْكَفُوا	يَسْتَنْكِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَنْكَفْنَ	يَسْتَنْكِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَنْكَفْتَ	تَسْتَنْكِفُ	اِسْتَنْكِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَنْكَفْتِ	تَسْتَنْكِفِينَ	اِسْتَنْكِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَنْكَفْتُما	تَسْتَنْكِفانِ	اِسْتَنْكِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَنْكَفْتُم	تَسْتَنْكِفُونَ	اِسْتَنْكِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَنْكَفْتُنَّ	تَسْتَنْكِفْنَ	اِسْتَنْكِفْنَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَنْكَفْتُ	أَسْتَنْكِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَنْكَفْنا	نَسْتَنْكِفُ	—

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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