nikāya

damage, prejudice, offense

نِكايَة

Word

Noun · pattern فِعالَة

Root

ن ك ي

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والمصر يقوم مقام العساكر المتعددة لما فيه من الأمتناع ونكاية الحرب من وراء الجدران، من غير حاجة إلى كثير عدد ولا عظيم شوكة.

The Muqaddimah, page 204 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

نَكِىَ Form I enemy

, aor. , inf. n. نَكَآءٌ, He (an enemy) was defeated, and overcome. (TA, art. نكأ.)
نِكَايَةٌ inflicting injury

The inflicting injury upon an enemy: (MA, KL:) slaying and wounding among the enemy: (S, K:) or making much slaughter, (MA,) or a great, or vehement, slaughter or wounding, (Msb,) [i. e. the making havock,] among the enemy: (MA, Msb:) the inflicting a routing and overthrow among the enemy. (ISk, TA.)

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