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نكص
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaمَنْكَصٌ ذ , (O, B, K,) like مَقْعَدٌ, (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, مُنَكَّص,] A place to which one removes, withdraws, or retires afar off, syn. مُتَنَحًّى. (O, B, K.) El-Aashà says, praising 'Alkamah Ibn-'Olátheh, أَعَلْقَمُ قَدْ جَبَرَتْنِى الأُمُورُ اـِلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِى مَنْكَصُ [ O 'Alkamah, affairs have compelled me to have recourse to thee, and there was not for me any place to which to retire. (TA.)
Derived headwords
مَنْكَصٌ
- 1.
أَعَلْقَمُ قَدْ جَبَرَتْنِى الأُمُورُ
اـِلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِى مَنْكَصُ