Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

نَقِيضَةٌ ذ : see نَقِيضٌ.

مَنْقُوضٌ ذ : see نِقْضٌ.

مُنَاقَضَةٌ ذ : see نَقِيَضٌ.

مُنْتقِضٌ ذ i. q. مُترَيِّعٌ, [ Refraining. ] see art. ريع.

1 نَقَطَ الكِتَابَ ذ , (S, Msb,) or الحَرْفَ, (K,) aor. نَقُطَ , inf. n. نَقْطٌ, (S, Msb,) He pointed, or dotted. [ the book, or writing, or] the letter, or word, with the diacritical points or point; and with the syllabical points or point, by which are shown the pronunciation and division of syllables and the desinential syntax; syn. أَعْجَمَهُ; as also ↓ نقّطهُ: (K:) and المصَاحِفَ ↓ نقّط, inf. n. تَنْقِيطٌ, [ he so pointed the copies of the Kur-án. ] (S.)

2 نَقَّطَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- نفّط ثَوْبَهُ بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَالمِدَادِ, inf. n. تَنْقِيطٌ, [ He made speaks, or small spots, upon his garment, with saffron, and ink; ] (Lth;) and نقّط عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ [signifies the same]. (A, TA, in art. رقط.) And نَقَّطَتِ المَرْأَةُ وَجْهَهَا وَخَدَّهَا بِالسَّوَادِ تَتَحَسَّنُ بِذٰلِكَ [ The woman made specks, or small spots, upon her face, with black, beautifying herself thereby ]. (TA.)

5 تنقّط ذ [quasi-pass. of 2; It became pointed, &c. ― -b2- And hence,] (tropical:) It (a place) became seattered with spots, or portions, of herbage. (K, TA.)

نَقْطَةٌ ذ inf. n. un. of 1, [ A single act of pointing, &c.] (Msb.)

نُقْطَةٌ ذ A diacritical point of a letter or word: a syllabical point thereof: see 1:] (K:) [ a point, dot, speck, speckle, or small spot: a mathematical point; i. e.] the extremity of a line: (TA:) pl. نُقَطٌ (S, Msb, K,) and نِقَاطٌ. (AZ, S, K.) Hence, one says, مَا ا@خْتَلَفَا فى نُقْطَةٍ They two did not differ respecting so small a thing as a point of a letter or word. (TA.) And [hence] the vulgar say, when they admire one, هُوَ نُقْطَةٌ فِى مُصْحَفٍ (assumed tropical:) [ He is like a point, or stop, in a copy of the Kur-án; because the stops in the Kur-án are generally ornamented, and often very beautifully, with gold and colours]. (TA.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) [ Any very small thing, that may be likened to a point, dot, or speck. Hence,] 'Alee is related to have said, العِلْمُ نُقْطَةٌ اـِنَّمَا كَتَّرَهَا الجَاهِلُونَ (assumed tropical:) [ Science, or knowledge, is a very small thing: only the ignorant have made it to be much ]. (TA.) And you say, أَعْطَاهُ نُقْطَةً مِنْ عَسَلٍ (tropical:) [ He gave him a drop, or very small quantity, of honey ]. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) [ A portion of a thing, or some of a number of things, in a separate, or scattered, state, here and there ] You say, مَا بَقِىَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ اـِلَّا نُقْطَةَ (tropical:) There remained not of their possessions [aught] save some palm-trees and a portion of seed-produce here and there. (IAar, TA) And فِى الأَرْضِ نِقَاطٌ مِنَ الكَلَاـِ, and نُقَطٌ مِنْهُ. (tropical:) In the land are scattered spots, or portions, of herbage. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A thing: an affair; a matter: a case; an event; an action. (TA.)

نُقَيْطَةٌ ذ dim. of نُقْطَةٌ. (TA.)

نَقَّاطٌ ذ One who points copies of the Kur-án &c.; i. e. adds the diacritical and other points. (S, * TA.)

كِتَابٌ مَنْقُوطٌ ذ (Msb, TA) A book, or writing, pointed with the diacritical, or other, points. (TA.)

See Supplement

1 نَكَأَ القَرْحَةَ ذ . (S, K,) inf. n. نَكْءٌ, (S,) He peeled off the scab from the sore (S, K,) before it was healed, and it became moist in consequence. (K.) [See also نَكَى.] -A2- نَكَأَ العَدُوَّ, and فِى العَدُوِّ, dial. form of نَكَى [q. v.] (K.) By some rejected. (TA) -A3- نَكَأَهُ حَقَّهُ (like رَكَأهُ, TA), inf. n. نَكْءٌ, He paid him his due. (K.) ― -b2- هُنِّئتَ وَلَا تُنْكأْ, (S,) and تُنْكَ, (TA,) and تُنْكهُ (S, for تُنْكَ or تُنْكأْ, TA), Mayest thou be made to have enjoyment in that which thou hast received, and not experience pain! (S) Mayest thou gain what is good, and may harm not befall thee! (T:) or, with the latter of the two verbs without نَكُاَ (تنك), may God not make thee discomfited (AHeyth, L.) [Accord. to AHeyth. as mentioned in the TA, the latter verb in this proverb is written تَنْكَهْ and تُنْكَهْ; but the right reading is doubtless تُنْكَ and تُنْكَهْ: this is shown by the explanation there following.]

8 انتكأت القَرْحَةُ ذ The scab peeled off from the sore before it was healed, and it became moist in consequence. (A, TA.) -A2- انتكأ مِنْهُ حَقَّهُ (like ازدكأ, TA) He received from him his due. (K, TA.)

نُكَأَةٌ ذ and زُكَأَةٌ One who pays his debts, and does not put off. (K.) -A2- نَكَأَةُ الطُّرْثُوثِ, and نُكَأَةُ, dial. form of نَكَعَة [q. v.]. (K.)

1 نَكَبَ عَنْهُ ذ , aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نُكُوبٌ (S, K) and نَكْبٌ; and نَكِبَ, aor. نَكَبَ , inf. n. نَكَبٌ: (M, L, K;) and ↓ نكّب, (inf. n. تَنْكِيبٌ, TA;) and ↓ تنكّب; (K;) He deviated, or turned aside, or away, from it, (K,) from the road, (S,) or from another thing. (TA.) [You say] الطَّرِيقَ ↓ نكّبهُ, (الطريق being put in the accus. case, inf. n. تَنْكِيبٌ, TA,) and [عَنِ الطريقِ] نكّب بِهِ, He deviated, or turned aside, or away, with him from the road; led him, or caused him to turn, aside, or away, from the road. (K.) ― -b2- [So] ↓ نكّبه, inf. n. تَنْكِيبٌ, He turned aside, or away, from him, and separated himself from him. (S.) ― -b3- ↓ تنكّبه He went. or turned, aside, or away, or apart, from him; avoided him; went, or removed, to a distance, from him. (S.) ― -b4- عَنَّا ↓ تنكّب He turned aside, or away, from us. (TA.) ― -b5- نَكَبَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الصَّوَابِ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نُكُوبٌ; and عَنِ ↓ نكّب الصواب; (assumed tropical:) He deviated from the right course of action &c. (Az.) ― -b6- نَكَبَتِ الرِّيحُ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نُكُوبٌ, The wind blew obliquely, in a direction between [ the directions of ] two [ cardinal ] winds. (K.) See نَكْبَاءُ. -A2- نَكَبَ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نَكْبٌ, He threw, cast, or flung. (K, TA.) ― -b2- نَكَبَ بِهِ He threw him down (K) عَلَى الأَرْضِ upon the ground. (TA.) ― -b3- نَكَبَهُ الدَّهْرُ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نَكْبٌ and نَكَبٌ, (assumed tropical:) Fortune overcame him, or afflicted him: or smote him with an evil accident, a disaster, an affliction, or a calamity. (K.) ― -b4- نُكِبَ (assumed tropical:) He was overcome, or afflicted, by fortune: or was smitten by fortune with an evil accident, a disaster, or the like. (S, TA.) See نَكْبَةٌ. ― -b5- نَكَبَ الاـِنَاءَ, (aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نَكْبٌ, TA,) He [ threw down, i. e.] poured out the contents of the vessel: (K:) but only said of what is not fluid; as dust and the like. (TA.) ― -b6- نَكَبَ كِنَانَتَهُ, inf. n. as above, He inverted, or inclined, his quiver, (S,) so as to pour out the arrows contained in it: (TA:) or he scattered the contents of his quiver. (K.) [See also نَكَتَ.] ― -b7- نَكَبَتْهُ الحِجَارَةُ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نَكْبٌ, The stones wounded him, and made him bleed, [ in the foot ]. (S.) نكبت الحجارة رِجْلَهُ The stones wounded his foot, and made it bleed: or hit, or struck, or hurt, it. (K.) النَّكْبُ is when a stone wounds, &c., a nail, a hoof, or a camel's foot. (TA.) ― -b8- نُكِبَتْ اـِصْبَعُهُ His toe was hit, or hurt, by the stones. (TA.) -A3- نَكِبَ, aor. نَكَبَ , inf. n. نَكَبٌ, He (a camel) had a disease in the shoulder-joint, or in the shoulder-blade, and in consequence halted. (S.) See نَكَبٌ. ― -b2- نَكِبَ, aor. نَكَبَ , inf. n. نَكَبٌ, He (a man) had a pain in his shoulder-joint. (TA.) -A4- نَكَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, aor. نَكُبَ , inf. n. نِكَابَةٌ (S) and نُكُوبٌ, (Lh, K,) (tropical:) He was, or acted as, مَنْكِبٌ over his people: (S, K:) or was عَرِيف over them. (M.)

2 نِكّبه ذ , inf. n. تَنْكِيبٌ, He removed, or put aside, or away, or out of the way, him, or it. Thus it is both trans. and intrans. (K.) See 1. ― -b2- نَكِّبْهُ عَنَّا Put him away from us; put him out of our way. (TA.)

5 تنكّب ذ (S, K) and ↓ انتكب (K) He threw his bow, (S, K,) or his quiver, (K,) upon his shoulder; he shouldered it. (S, K.) ― -b2- تنكّب عَلَى قَوْسٍ He leaned upon a bow: and, in like manner, upon a staff. (TA, from a trad.) -A2- See 1.

8 اـِنْتَكَبَ see 5.

نَكْبٌ ذ i. q. نَكْبَاءُ, q. v. ― -b2- See also نَكْبَةٌ.

نَكَبٌ ذ An inclining in a thing: (S:) or what resembles an inclining in a thing. (M, K.) ― -b2- A halting in a camel (ISd, K) by reason of a pain in his shoulder-joint: (ISd:) or a disease which attacks camels in the shoulder-joints, in consequence of which they halt: (S, K:) or only in the shoulder-joint. (El-'Adebbes, S, K.)

نَكْبَةٌ ذ A hurt [ of the foot ] by a stone, causing a bleeding: or a hit by a stone [ upon the foot ]. Ex. لَيْسَ دُونَ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ نَكْبَةٌ وَلَا ذُبَّاحٌ There is not in the way of the attainment of this thing a hurt [ of the foot ] by a stone, &c., nor a crack in the inside of the foot. (IAar, ISd.) [See also ذبّاح.] Hence نَكْبَةٌ in the sense immediately following. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A misfortune; an evil accident; a disaster; an affliction; a calamity: (S, K, TA:) as also ↓ نَكْبٌ: (K:) pl. of the former نَكَباَتٌ; (S;) and of the latter, نُكُوبٌ. (K.)

نُكْبَةٌ ذ A heap of corn, not measured nor weighed: syn. صُبْرَةٌ. (K.)

نَكِيبٌ ذ The circuit (دَائِرَة: in some copies of the S, دابرة: but this, as IKtt says, is a mistake; and the former is the correct word: TA) of a hoof, (S, K,) and of a camel's foot. (S.) See مَنْكَوبٌ.

النُّكَيْبَاءُ ذ : see أَنْكَبُ.

أَنْكَبُ عَنِ الحَقِّ ذ , and عَنْهُ ↓ نَاكِبٌ, (tropical:) A man deviating from the right course of action &c. (A.) ― -b2- نَكْبَاءُ [fem. of أَنْكَبُ] an epithet applied to Any wind that blows obliquely, taking a direction between [ the directions of ] two [ cardinal ] winds: (TA:) a wind that blows obliquely, deviating from the direction whence blow the right (القُوَّم [or the cardinal ]) winds: (S:) or a [particular] wind that blows obliquely, and takes a direction between [ the directions of ] two [ cardinal ] winds; (K;) which destroys the camels and sheep &c., and restrains the rain: (TA:) or a wind that blows in a direction between that of the east, or easterly, wind, (الصَّبَا,) and that of the north, or northerly, wind, (الشَّمَال): (AZ, K:) that between the south, or southerly, and east, or easterly, winds, being called جِرْبِيَاءُ: (AZ:) [but see this word, and see below:] or what are termed نُكْبُ الرِّيَاحِ [نُكْبٌ being pl. of نكباء] are four: (IAar, Th, S, K:) namely, first, the نكباءُ الصَّبَا وَالجَنُوبِ the wind that blows in a direction between that of the east, or easterly, and that of the south, or southerly, wind; also called الأَزْيَبُ; (S, K;) which is a very thirsty wind, that dries up much the leguminous plants; but Et-Tará- bulusee, in the Kf, and Mbr and IF, assert that the ازيب is the جنوب; not its نكباء: (TA:) second, the نكباءُ الصَّبَا وَالشَّمَالِ the wind that blows in a direction between that of the east, or easterly, and that of the north, or northerly, wind; also called الصَّابَيةُ, and called also ↓ النُّكَيْباَءُ, (S, K,) a diminutive meant to convey the opposite of a diminutive sense; for they find this wind to be very cold; (S;) it is very boisterous and very cold; unattended by rain or by any good: (TA:) third, the نكباءُ الشَّمَالِ وَالدَّبُورِ the wind that blows in a direction between that of the north, or northerly, and that of the west, or westerly, wind; also called الجِرْبِيَاءُ; and termed نَيِّحَةُ الأَزْيَبِ the opposite wind to the ازيب; (S, K;) a cold wind; (S;) and sometimes attended by a little rain; but Ibn-El-Ajdábee asserts that the جربياء is the شمال: (TA:) fourth, the نكباءُ الجَنُوبِ والدَّبُورِ the wind that blows in a direction between that of the south, or southerly, and that of the west, or westerly, wind; also called الهَيْفُ; (in the CK, الهَيَفُ;) and termed نَيِّحَةُ النُّكَيْباَءِ the opposite wind to the نكيباء; (S, K;) a hot wind (S) and very thirsty. (TA.) Accord. to Ibn-Kubás, the tract whence blows the نكباء [by which he means only the wind that blows from the north-east or thereabout] is that extending between the point where rises the ذِرَاع [or the asterism composed of the stars α and β of Gemini, E. 33 degrees N., in central Arabia; or α and β of Canis Minor, E. 7 degrees N., in the same latitude ] and the pole-star: and the tract between the pole-star and the point where sets the ذراع is the tract whence blows the شمال. Sh says, Each of the four [cardinal] winds has its نكباء, which is called in relation to it: that of the صبا is that which is between it and the شمال; [ blowing from the north-east, or thereabout; ] and it resembles it in gentleness; sometimes having sharpness, or vehemence; but this is seldom; only once in a long space of time: that of the شمال is that which is between it and the دبور; [ blowing from the north-west, or thereabout; ] and it resembles it in coldness: it is called الشمالُ الشَّامِيَّةُ: each of them is called by the Arabs شاميّة: that of the دبور is that which is between it and the جنوب; blowing from the point where sets سُهَيْل [or Canopus; i. e., S. 29 degrees W., in the latitude of central Arabia ]; and it resembles it in its violence and boisterousness: and that of the جنوب is that which is between it and the صبا; [ blowing from the south-east, or thereabout; ] and it is the wind most resembling it in its softness and in its gentleness in winter. (L.) The pl. of نكباء is نُكْبٌ, as shown above. (S, K &c.) [See also تَبُّوعُ الشَّمْسِ, in art. تبع.] ― -b3- دَبُورٌ نكب [app. ↓ نَكْبٌ, originally an inf. n., used as an epithet, and therefore applicable without ة to a fem noun] i. q. نَكْباَءُ; [app., The نكباء of the دبور, a southwesterly wind ]. (TA.) ― -b4- أَنْكَبُ A camel having a disease in the shoulder-joint, or in the shoulderblade, and in consequence halting: (S:) a camel that walks on one side, or inclining, or as though he walked on one side. (L.) ― -b5- فَامَةٌ نَكْبَاءُ An inclining pulley: and قِيَمٌ نُكْبٌ inclining pulleys. (TA.) ― -b6- أَنْكَبُ (assumed tropical:) Overpowering, or oppressive; unjust, or tyrannical. (S, TA.) ― -b7- الدَّهْرُ أَنْكَبُ لَا يُلِبُّ (assumed tropical:) Fortune abounds with evil accidents, or disasters, or afflictions, or calamities; i. e. it deviates much, or often, from the right course: it will not remain in one state: or, accord. to one relation, الدهر انكث الخ. A proverb. (TA.) -A2- أَنْكَبُ A man not having with him a bow. (S, K.)

مَنْكِبٌ ذ (masc., Lh, K) The shoulder; i. e. the place of junction of the os humeri and the scapula, (S, K.) in a man &c; (ISd:) the place of junction of the os humeri and the scapula and the [ tendon called ] حَبْلُ العَاتِقِ, in a man and a bird and any other thing. (TA.) [It seems to be regarded by some as originally signifying “ a place of deflection: ” but] Sb denies its being a noun of place, because, were it so, it would be مَنْكَبٌ: he does not allow it to be included in the class of مَطْلِعٌ, because this is extr. Pl. مَنَاكِبُ. رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ المَنَاكِبِ, signifies A man having a strong shoulder: as though the sing. were applied to denote each part of the joint, and the pl. to denote the whole. (TA.) ― -b2- هَزُّوا مَنَاكِبَهُمْ (tropical:) [ They shook their shoulderjoints; ] i. e., they rejoiced, or were joyful, or happy. (TA.) ― -b3- خِياَرُكُمْ أَلَيْنُكُمْ مَنَاكِبَ فِى الصَّلَاةِ (assumed tropical:) [ The best of you are the most easy of you in the shoulder-joints in prayer: ] meaning. those of you who keep [ most ] still therein: or, as some say, those who [ most readily ] give room to such as enter the rank in prayer. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b4- مَنْكِبُ الفَرَسِ The star β in Pegasus. (El-Kazweenee &c.) ― -b5- مَنْكِبُ الجَوْزَاءِ The bright, and very great star, a, in the right shoulderjoint, of Orion. (El-Kazweenee &c.) ― -b6- مَنْكِبٌ (tropical:) The side of anything; or a lateral, or an adjacent, part, quarter, or tract, thereof: (K:) pl. مَنَاكِبُ: ex. سِرْنَا فِى منكبٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ We proceeded, or journeyed, along a side, or lateral part, of the land: and, in like manner, مِنَ الجَبَلِ of the mountain: (TA:) so in the Kur, lxvii. 15, the pl. signifies the sides, &c., of the earth: (Fr:) or its roads, accord. to some: (TA:) or its mountains: (Zj:) which last signification in this case is preferred by Az: (TA:) or the sing. signifies an elevated place, or part, of the earth or land. (S.) ― -b7- المَنَاكِبٌ (tropical:) The feathers next after the قَوَادِم; [which latter are the anterior, or primary, feathers of a bird's wing;] (K;) the feathers of the wing of a vulture or an eagle that are next after the قوادم, which are the strongest and most excellent of the feathers; (TA:) four [ feathers ] in the wing of a bird, next after the قوادم (S.) [ the four secondary feathers of the wing: ] in the wing of a bird are twenty leathers: the first of them are those called القوادم; the next, المناكب; the next, الخَوَا فِى: the next, الأَباهِرُ; the next, الكُلَى. (L.) It is a word without a sing. (K.) ISd says, I know not a sing. to it; but by analogy it should be مَنْكِبٌ. (TA.) ― -b8- سَهْمَهُ بِمَنَاكِبَ راَشَ (tropical:) He feathered his arrow with feathers such as are described above. (TA.) -A2- مَنْكِبٌ (tropical:) عَرِيفٌ i. q. The intendant, superintendent, &c., of a people or an aider, helper, or assistant, of a people: (K:) or the assistant of an عريف: (Msb:) one below an عريف: (IAth:) or the chief of the عُرَفَاءُ [pl. of عريف]; (Lth, S:) there being over so many عرفاء a منكب. (Lth [see عَرِيفٌ.]) pl. مَنَاكِبُ. (TA.)

مِنْكَابٌ عَنِ الحَقِّ ذ [(assumed tropical:) One who deviates much from the right course of action &c. ] (TA.)

مَنْكُوبٌ ذ and نَكِبٌ, accord. to the copies of the K, but the latter word is a mistake for ↓ نَكِيبٌ, Having the foot wounded, and made to bleed, by stones: or hit, or struck, or hurt, by stones. (K.) See 1. ― -b2- مَنْكُوبٌ (assumed tropical:) Overcome or afflicted, by fortune: or smitten with an evil accident, or the like. (S, TA.) See نُكِبَ.

يَنْكُوبٌ ذ [like يَحْمُورٌ in measure: in the CK, مَنْكُوبٌ:] A road deviating from the right course or direction. (K.)

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)

2 نكّت الرُّطَبُ ذ , inf. n. تَنْكِيتٌ, The dates began to ripen [ and to become speckled ]. (Msb.) ― -b2- See 1.

8 انتكت ذ He was thrown down upon his head; or fell down upon his head, having been thrust, or pierced. (S, K *)

نَكْتٌ ذ : see نُكْيَةٌ.

نُكَتَةٌ ذ A point; a dot; a speck; a minute spot; i. q. نُقْطَةٌ: (S, K:) pl. نُكَتٌ, (Msb, &c) agreeably with analogy, (TA,) and نِكَاتٌ, (K,) deviating from analogy, and, accord. to some, نُكَاتٌ, in which the ا is said to be added لِلْاـِشْبَاعِ, or to render the sound of the fet-hah full, like رُخَالٌ (TA:) the last of these pls. has been heard [from the classical Arabs]; (Esh-Shiháb, in the Expos. of the Shifà;) or it is vulgar. (Msb.) ― -b2- نُكْتَةٌ [ A small spot, or mark, ] resembling dirt upon a mirror: (K:) نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ A small [ black ] mark, like a spot, or dot, resembling dirt upon a mirror or a sword or the like (L, from a trad.) ― -b3- نُكْتَةٌ [ A spot in the eye; ] what resembles a وَقْرَة in the eye. (L.) ― -b4- [↓ نَكْتٌ seems to be a quasi-pl. of نُكْتَةٌ, like as نَقْطٌ is said to be (by some persons in the present day) of نُقْطَةٌ, and to signify Any small spots, or specks, in a thing, differing therefrom in colour. Such I suppose to be meant by the words in the L, كلّ نَقْطٍ فى شىء خالف لونه نَكْتٌ.] -A2- نُكْتَةٌ (tropical:) A nice, subtile, subtilely excogitated, quaint, facetious, or witty, saying, expression, or allusion, (لَطِيفَة) that makes an impression upon the heart; from النَّكْتُ [the striking the ground with a stick &c., so as to make a mark, or marks, upon it with its extremity]: also, a question educed by reflection, [بِالتَّفَكُّرِ, as the passage here translated is given in the Kull, p. 362, but in the TA بالنقل, which is an evident mistake, as might be shown by many authorities,] which makes an impression upon the heart, on hearing or considering which one generally makes marks upon the ground with the finger or the like: (El-Fenáree's Expos. of the Telweeh:) a nice, or subtile, saying, expression, or allusion, that requires one to reflect, and [ induces one ] to make marks upon the ground with a stick or the like: (from a scholium quoted by De Sacy, Anthol. Gr. Ar., 303:) [ a nice, subtile, abstruse, or mystical, point, or allusion: the point of a saying or sentence, especially one that is difficult to be understood: a conceit expressed in words difficult to be understood: a quaint conceit: a point of wit: a facetious saying or allusion: pl., generally, نُكَتٌ]. ― -b2- جَاءَ بِنُكْتَهٍ (tropical:) [ He uttered a nice, or subtile, saying, expression, or allusion, &c. ]. (A.)

نَكِيتٌ ذ Spoken against; having his reputation wounded. (TA.)

نَكَّاتٌ ذ (and ↓ مُنَكِّتٌ TA) (tropical:) One who speaks much, or frequently, against others; who wounds the reputations of others, much, or frequently. (K.) ― -b2- زَيْدٌ نَكَّاتٌ فِى الأَعْرَاضِ Zeyd is one who wounds the reputations of others much, or frequently. (TA.)

نَاكِتٌ ذ A distortion in a camel's elbow, so that it lacerates his side: (El-'Adebbes El-Kinánee, S, K:) or the cutting of a camel's side by his elbow: (L:) or [ that fault in a camel ] when his elbow makes a mark, or marks, upon his side: in this case you say, بِهِ ناكتٌ: but when it makes an incision, or incisions, in his side, you say بِهِ حَازٌّ: (IAar) or ناكت is similar to نَاحِزٌ, i. e. the elbow's striking, and making a mark, or marks, upon the edge of the callous lump beneath his breast; in the case of which you say به ناكت: (Lth:) and nearly the same is said in the A. (TA.)

مَنْكُوتٌ ذ A cooked bone, containing marrow, that is struck with the edge of a cake of bread, or with some other thing, to cause the marrow to fall out. (TA.)

مُنَكِّتٌ ذ : see نَكَّاتٌ. ― -b2- رُطَبَةٌ مُنَكِّتَةٌ, A date beginning to ripen [ and to become speckled ]. (S, K.)

ظَلَفَةٌ مَنْتَكِتَةٌ ذ The extremity of the curved piece of wood termed حِنْو in the kind of saddle called قَتَب, and in that called اـِكَاف, when it is short, and wounds the side of the camel. (TA.)

1 نَكَثَ ذ , (S, K,) aor. نَكُثَ , (K, Msb,) and نَكِثَ , (K,) inf. n. نَكْثٌ, (TA,) He undid [ the threads of ] a garment of the kind called كِسَاء, &c.: (Msb:) he undid, or untwisted, a rope. (S, K.) ― -b2- نَكَثَ السِّوَاكَ, aor. نَكُثَ , inf. n. نَكْثٌ; He, or it, made the head of the tooth-stick to be uncompacted, disintegrated, disunited, or seperated, in its fibres: and so the verb signifies with respect to other things. (TA.) [See also 8.] ― -b3- نَكَثَ, (aor. نَكُثَ , and نَكِثَ , K, inf. n. نَكْثٌ, TA,) (tropical:) He dissolved, violated, or broke, a covenant, or compact, (S, K,) or an act of inauguration, &c. (TA.) ― -b4- نَكَثَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ i. q. نَكَصَ (Aboo-Turáb, in TA, art. نكص.)

5 تَنَكَّثَ see 8.

6 تَنَاكَثُوا عُهُودَهُمْ ذ (tropical:) They mutually dissolved, or broke, their covenants, or compacts; syn. تَنَاقَضُوهَا. (K.)

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.)

نِكْثٌ ذ What is undone, to be spun again, (A, Msb,) of the garments called أَكْسِيَة, and of the stuff of the tents called أَخْبِيَة: (A:) pl. أَنْكَاثٌ: (Msb:) or threads of an old and worn-out stuff, of wool or hair, untwisted, and mixed with new wool [or hair ], and beaten with مَطاَرِق, and spun a second time: or old and worn-out thread of wool or common hair or the soft hair called وَبَر; so called because it is untwisted, and twisted again: (TA:) it is when the old and worn-out materials of the garments called اكسية (and of the tents called اخبية, S) are undone, to be spun again. (S, K.) [SM seems to have understood, from the expl. in the S and K, that نِكْثٌ is an inf. n.; for he adds,] the subst. is ↓ نَكِيثَةٌ: (TA:) [i. e., this last word has the signification assigned above to نِكْثٌ, from the A and Msb]. ― -b2- هَىِ تَغْزِلُ النِّكْثَ, and نَكِيثٌ, She spins what has been undone, to be spun again, &c. (A.) ― -b3- حَبْلٌ نِكْثٌ, and ↓ نَكِيثٌ, (TA,) and أَنْكَاثٌ, and ↓ مَنْكُوثٌ, (K,) A rope undone, or untwisted, (K, TA,) at its end. (TA.)

نُكَاثٌ ذ Pustules which come forth in the mouths of camels: (K:) as also لُكَاثٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- A disease in the نَكَفَتَانِ of a camel, which are two prominent bones by the fat parts of the two ears: it is also called نُكَافٌ. (TA.)

نَكِيثٌ ذ : see نِكْثٌ.

نُكَاثَةٌ ذ The broken particles of the end of a سِوَاك [or tooth-stick ], remaining in the mouth. (K.) ― -b2- Also, What is undone, or untwisted, of the end of a rope, (K,) &c. (TA.)