نكس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root نكس (n-k-s) primarily denotes the act of turning something upside down, inverting it, or causing it to fall. This core meaning extends to concepts of reversal, relapse, decline, and a downward inclination, particularly of the head.

Derived headwords

نَكَسَverb

1.
to turn upside downboth
To invert something, to turn it over so its top becomes its bottom.
2.
to incline the headboth
To lower or bend one's head, often in humility or submission.
3.
to relapse (in illness)both
For a patient to fall back into illness after a period of recovery.
4.
to revert or returnclassical
To go back to a previous state or condition, especially to a negative one.

نَكْسnoun

1.
inversionboth
The act of turning something upside down or inside out.
2.
relapseboth
A return of illness after a period of improvement.
3.
declineboth
A state of weakness, failure, or falling back.
4.
a type of arrowclassical
A damaged or broken arrow, or one whose parts are inverted.
5.
a weak old manclassical
An elderly person who has become weak and frail.

انْتَكَسَverb

1.
to be invertedboth
To be turned upside down or inside out.
2.
to fall backboth
To revert to a former, often worse, state; to relapse.
3.
to bow one's headboth
To lower one's head, often in submission or shame.

تَنْكِيسnoun

1.
inversionboth
The act of causing something to be turned upside down or inverted.
2.
lowering the headboth
The act of bending or inclining the head downwards.

نَاكِسadjective

1.
inclining the headboth
One who lowers or bends their head, often in humility or shame.
2.
invertedclassical
Something that is turned upside down.

نَواكِسnoun

1.
lowering headsclassical
Plural of 'nākis', referring to people or things with lowered heads.

أَنْكاسnoun

1.
weaklingsclassical
Plural of 'naks', referring to weak or feeble individuals.
2.
broken arrowsclassical
Plural of 'naks', referring to damaged or unusable arrows.

مُنْكَسadjective

1.
invertedboth
Something that has been turned upside down or inside out.
2.
slow or lagging (horse)classical
A horse that does not keep up with the others, falling behind.

وِلاد مَنْكُوسnoun

1.
breech birthclassical
A birth where the baby emerges feet or buttocks first, rather than head first.

نَكَّسَverb

1.
to repeat (dyeing)classical
To apply dye or color repeatedly to an object.
2.
to return someone to a stateclassical
To cause someone to revert to a previous condition, especially a negative one.

نَكْسَةnoun

1.
relapseboth
A return of illness after a period of recovery.
2.
setbackboth
A reversal or check in progress or fortune.

نَكّاسnoun

1.
relapse (in illness)classical
A return of illness after a period of recovery.

Parallel reading

النَّكْسُ: قَلْبُ الشَّيْءِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ

An-naks: turning a thing upon its head.

نَكَسَهُ يَنْكِسُهُ نَكْسًا فَانْتَكَسَ

He turned it upside down, and it became inverted.

وَنَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ: أَمَالَهُ

And he inclined his head: he bent it.

وَفِي التَّنْزِيلِ: {نَاكِسُوا رُؤُسَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ}

And in the Revelation: {Lowering their heads before their Lord.}

وَالنَّاكِسُ: المُطَأْطِئُ رَأْسَهُ

And the nākis: he who lowers his head.

وَنَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ إِذَا طَأْطَأَهُ مِنْ ذُلٍّ

And he inclined his head when he lowered it out of humility.

وَقَدِ اضْطُرَّ الفَرَزْدَقُ فَقَالَ: خُضْعَ الرِّقَابِ نَوَاكِسَ الأَبْصَارِ

And Al-Farazdaq was compelled and said: 'Submissive of necks, lowering of gazes.'

شَمِرٌ: النَّكْسُ فِي الأَشْيَاءِ مَعْنًى يَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَلْبِ الشَّيْءِ وَرَدِّهِ وَجَعْلِ أَعْلَاهُ أَسْفَلَهُ وَمُقَدَّمِهِ مُؤَخِّرَهُ

Shamr: An-naks in things is a meaning that returns to turning a thing over, reversing it, and making its top its bottom and its front its back.

وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: تَعِسَ عَبْدُ الدِّينَارِ وَانْتَكَسَ أَيْ انْقَلَبَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ

And in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: 'Cursed be the slave of the Dinar, and may he fall back!' meaning he is overturned upon his head.

وَفِي حَدِيثِ الشَّعْبِيِّ: قَالَ فِي السِّقْطِ إِذَا نُكِسَ فِي الخَلْقِ الرَّابِعِ وَكَانَ مُخَلَّقًا

And in the hadith of Ash-Sha'bi: He said regarding a miscarriage, 'If it is inverted in the fourth stage of creation and has taken form.'

وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرُهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الخَلْقِ}

And His saying, the Almighty: {And he whom We grant long life, We reverse him in creation.}

وَقَالَ شَمِرٌ: يُقَالُ نَكَسَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا ضَعُفَ وَعَجَزَ

And Shamr said: It is said, 'A man has naksed' if he has become weak and incapable.

وَالنَّكْسُ: السَّهْمُ الَّذِي يَنْكَسُ أَوْ يَنْكَسِرُ فَوْقَهُ فَيُجْعَلُ أَعْلَاهُ أَسْفَلَهُ

And an-naks: the arrow that is bent or breaks above it, so its top is made its bottom.

وَقَالَ الأَزْهَرِيُّ: أَنْشَدَنِي المُنْذِرِيُّ لِلْحُطَّيْئَةِ: قَدْ نَاضَلُونَا، فَسَلُّوا مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِمْ ... مَجْدًا تَلِيدًا، وَعِزًّا غَيْرَ أَنْكَاسِ

And Al-Azhari said: Al-Mundhiri recited to me from Al-Hutay'ah: 'They competed with us, and drew from their quiver... inherited glory, and might other than the broken.'

وَابْنُ الأَعْرَابِيِّ: الكَنَسُ وَالنَّكْسُ مَآرِيٌّ بِقُرِّ الوَحْشِ وَهِيَ مَأْوَاهَا

And Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-kanas and an-naks are places where wild cattle roam, and they are their dwelling.

وَالمُنْكَسُ مِنَ الخَيْلِ: الَّذِي لَا يَسْمُو بِرَأْسِهِ

And Al-munkas from horses: that which does not raise its head high.

وَالمُنْكَسُ مِنَ الخَيْلِ: المُتَأَخِّرُ الَّذِي لَا يُلْحِقُ بِهَا

And Al-munkas from horses: the one that lags behind and does not catch up with them.

وَالوِلادُ المَنْكُوسُ: أَنْ تَخْرُجَ رِجْلُ المَوْلُودِ قَبْلَ رَأْسِهِ، وَهُوَ اليَتَنُ

And the munkas birth: is when the newborn's leg emerges before its head, and this is the breech presentation.

وَقِرَاءَةُ القُرْآنِ مَنْكُوسًا: أَنْ يَبْدَأَ بِالمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَرْتَفِعَ إِلَى البَقَرَةِ

And reading the Quran in a munkas way: is to start with the two 'Mu'awwidhat' (surahs) and then ascend to Al-Baqarah.

وَفِي الحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ مَنْكُوسًا، قَالَ: ذَلِكَ مَنْكُوسُ القَلْبِ

And in the hadith, it was said to Ibn Mas'ud: 'So-and-so reads the Quran in a munkas way.' He said: 'That is one whose heart is inverted.'

وَالنَّكْسُ وَالنَّكْسُ، وَالنَّكَاسُ كُلُّهُ: العَوْدُ فِي المَرَضِ

And an-naks, and an-naks, and an-nakkas all mean: the return of illness.

وَنَكَسَ المَرِيضُ: مَعْنَاهُ قَدْ عَاوَدَتْهُ العِلَّةُ بَعْدَ النَّقَهِ

And the patient has naksed: its meaning is that the illness has returned to him after recovery.

وَقَدْ يُفْتَحُ هَاهُنَا لِلِازْدِوَاجِ أَوْ لِأَنَّهُ لُغَةٌ

And it may be opened here for rhyming or because it is a dialectal variant.

وَنَكَسْتُ الخِضَابَ إِذَا أَعَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ

And I repeated the dyeing if you applied it again and again.

ابْنُ شِمَيْلٍ: نَكَسْتُ فُلَانًا فِي ذَلِكَ الأَمْرِ أَيْ رَدَدْتُهُ فِيهِ بَعْدَ مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ

Ibn Shumayl: I naksed so-and-so in that matter, meaning I returned him to it after he had exited from it.