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نكسه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of inversion, turning upside down, or returning to a previous state, often in a negative or undesirable way. It encompasses physical actions like falling headfirst, medical conditions like a relapse, and abstract concepts like a reversed reading of the Quran.

Derived headwords

نَكَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to turn upside downboth

    To invert something, causing it to fall on its head.

  2. 2.
    to relapse (illness)both

    To cause a patient's illness to return after a period of recovery.

انْتَكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall headfirstboth

    To fall onto one's head, to be inverted.

  2. 2.
    to relapseboth

    For an illness to return after a period of recovery.

نَكْسnoun
  1. 1.
    inversionboth

    The act of turning something upside down or falling headfirst.

  2. 2.
    relapseboth

    The return of an illness after a period of convalescence.

  3. 3.
    declineclassical

    A state of weakness or deterioration, especially in old age.

  4. 4.
    broken arrowclassical

    An arrow that breaks at its shaft, with the upper part becoming the lower.

  5. 5.
    inferior offspringclassical

    A child considered weak or inferior.

  6. 6.
    shortcomingclassical

    Falling short of a high standard of generosity.

نَكَسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    relapseboth

    The return of illness after recovery.

نُكَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    relapseboth

    The return of illness after recovery.

مَنْكُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    invertedboth

    Turned upside down or on its head.

  2. 2.
    reversed (reading)classical

    A Quranic reading that starts from the end or reads backwards.

  3. 3.
    breech (birth)both

    Describing a birth where the legs emerge before the head.

  4. 4.
    weak (horse)classical

    A horse that does not hold its head high when running, indicating weakness.

  5. 5.
    inferiorclassical

    Describing someone or something as weak or falling short.

نَاكِسadjective
  1. 1.
    head-bowedboth

    One who bows their head, often in humility or shame.

نَكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to return (food)classical

    For food or other sustenance to be returned by a sick person.

أَنْكَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    weaklingsclassical

    Plural of 'naks', referring to weak or inferior individuals.

إِنْكَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    inversion (in geomancy)classical

    A specific figure in the art of geomancy.

مُنْكَسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    invertedboth

    Feminine form of 'mankus', meaning inverted or turned upside down.

Parallel reading

قلبه على رأسه
He turned him over onto his head.
ويقرأ القرآن منكوسا
And the Quran is read in a reversed manner.
أي يبتدئ من آخره
Meaning, he begins from its end.
والمنكوس في أشكال الرمل: الإنكيس
And the inverted in the figures of geomancy is 'al-inkas'.
والولاد المنكوس: أن تخرج رجلاه قبل رأسه
And the inverted birth is when his legs emerge before his head.
عود المرض بعد النقه
The return of illness after convalescence.
تعسا له ونكسا
Misfortune and relapse upon him!
والمتطأطئ رأسه ج نواكس شاذ
And one who bows their head, its plural 'nawakis' is irregular.
ونكس الطعام وغيره داء المريض: أعاده
And 'naks' of food and other things for the sick person means: he returned it.
المدرهمون من الشيوخ بعد الهرم
The aged men who have become weak after old age.
والسهم ينكسر فوقه، فيجعل أعلاه أسفله
And the arrow breaks at its shaft, making its upper part its lower part.
والقوس جعل رجلها رأس الغصن، كالمنكوسة، وهو عيب
And the bow whose leg is made the head of the branch, like the inverted one, and it is a defect.
والنصل ينكسر سنخه، فتجعل ظبته سنخا
And the arrowhead breaks at its base, so its tip is made the base.
والمقصر عن غاية الكرم ج أنكاس
And one who falls short of the highest generosity, plural 'ankas'.
والفرس لا يسمو برأسه ولا بهاديه إذا جرى ضعفا
And the horse does not raise its head or its forelock when running due to weakness.
أو الذي لم يلحق الخيل
Or one that has not caught up with the horses.
وانتكس: وقع على رأسه
And 'intakasa': he fell on his head.