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نكص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَنْكَصٌ 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. 1.
أَعَلْقَمُ قَدْ جَبَرَتْنِى الأُمُورُ
اـِلَيْكَ وَمَا كَانَ لِى مَنْكَصُ