nakf

stopping, disdaining, rejecting

نَكْف

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ن ك ف

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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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