نكت

1 نَكَتَ ذ , aor. نَكُتَ , inf. n. نَكْتٌ, (or نَكَتَ الأَرْضَ بِقَضِيبٍ, [&c.,] TA.) He struck the ground with a stick, (S, M, K,) or with his finger, (M,) so that it made a mark, or marks, upon it, (S, K,) with its extremity; an action of one reflecting, or meditating, and anxious. (TA.) [Thus our Saviour seems to have done in the case of the woman taken in adultery: see S. John viii. 6 and 8.] ― -b2- Also, He struck the ground with pebbles. (TA.) ― -b3- Hence, (tropical:) He reflected, or meditated, and talked to himself (TA, from a trad.) ― -b4- نَكَتَ, aor. نَكُتَ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَكْتٌ, (K,) He (a horse) bounded (نَبَا, S, K) from the ground, (S,) in running. (TA.) ― -b5- نَكَتَهُ He threw it down upon the ground. (TA.) ― -b6- نَكَتَ كِتَابَتَهُ He scattered the contents of his quiver. (TA.) See نكب.] ― -b7- طَعَنَهُ فَنَكَتَهٌ He thrust him, or pierced him, and threw him down upon his head. (As, S, K. *) ― -b8- نُكِتَ It (a cooked bone, containing marrow,) was struck with the edge of a cake of bread, or with some other thing, to cause the marrow to fall out. (TA.) نُكِتَ العَظْمُ The marrow to the bone was taken out, or extracted. (Aboo-'Ameythel.) Mentioned in art. بقت, q. v. (TA.) -A2- نَكَتَ فِى كَلاَمِهِ and فِى قَوْلَهِ, [aor, inf. n. نَكْتٌ? (in the TA, the verb is written without the syll. points, but the form commonly known in the present day, and occurring in many late works, is ↓ نكّت, inf. n. نَنْكِيتٌ; (tropical:) He made use of nice, or subtile, sayings, expressions, such as are termed نُكَت, pl. of نُكْتَة)] (A.) ― -b2- نَكَتُ فِى العِلْمِ بِمُوَافقَهِ فُلَانٍ أَوْ مُخَالَفَةِ فُلَانِ He alluded (أَشَارَ) ( with respect to science, to the agreement of such a one, or the disagreement of such a one ]. (L)