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نكع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hastening or urging someone away from something. It also describes a foolish person and has specific botanical and dermatological applications, referring to the head of a plant and a person with a peeling red nose.

Derived headwords

نَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to hasten awayboth

    To cause someone to hasten away from something or to urge them away from it.

نَكْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishnessclassical

    A quality or state of being foolish or stupid.

هَكْعَة نَكْعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Describing a person as foolish or stupid.

النَّكْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plant headclassical

    The head of the tharthuth plant, extending from the top to about a finger's length, characterized by a red peel.

أَنْكَعadjective
  1. 1.
    red-nosedclassical

    Describing a person whose nose is red and peeling.

النَّكَعnoun
  1. 1.
    redness and peeling of the noseclassical

    The condition of having a red and peeling nose, associated with the adjective 'ankaa'.

Parallel reading

نَكَعَهُ عن الامر، أي أعجله عنه.
He hastened him away from the matter, meaning he made him hurry from it.
ويقال رجل هكعة نكعة، للاحمق.
And it is said, a 'hak'ah nak'ah' man, referring to a fool.
وهو من أعلاه إلى قدر أصبع، عليه قشرة حمراء.
It is from its top to about a finger's length, with a red peel on it.
ورجل أنكع بين النكع، وهو الاحمر الذى يتقشر أنفه.
And a man 'ankaa' among the 'nak'a', meaning the red one whose nose peels.