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نكر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَكِرَةٌ ذ Ignorance, &c., (اـِنْكَار,) of a thing; (TA;) contr. of مَعْرِفَةٌ; (S, K;) and so ↓ نَكَارَةٌ; syn. جَهَالَةٌ; as in the phrase فِيهِ نَكَارَةٌ [ In him is ignorance ]. (A.) See also نَكَرَةٌ. ― -b2- [As contr. of مَعْرِفَةٌ, it is also, in grammar, an epithet applied to a noun, signifying Indeterminate, or indefinite. ]

Derived headwords

نَكِرَةٌ
  1. 1.
فِيهِ نَكَارَةٌ