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نكث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 انتكث ذ It (a garment of the kind called كِسَاء, &c., Msb, or a rope, S, K) was undone, or untwisted. (S, K, &c.) ― -b2- انتكث السِّوَاكُ [so accord. to the TA: in the K, ↓ نَكَثَ:] (TA:) and ↓ تنكّث, (TA, in art. شعث,) The head of the tooth-stick became uncompacted, disunited, or separated, in its fibres. (TA.) ― -b3- انتكث [ He was, or became, emaciated, or lean; he (a camel) became lean after having been fat. See 4, in art. رأى.] ― -b4- انتكث (tropical:) It (a covenant, or compact, S and K, or an act of inauguration, &c., TA,) was dissolved, violated, or broken. (S, K, &c.) ― -b5- انتكث مِنْ حَاجَةٍ اـِلَى أُخْرَى, (K,) or لِأُخْرَى, (S,) (tropical:) He turned from a thing that he wanted to another thing, (S, K,) having desired, or sought, the former. (TA.)

Derived headwords

انتكثverb
  1. 1.
انتكث السِّوَاكُ
انتكث مِنْ حَاجَةٍ اـِلَى أُخْرَى