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Form 1نَكَثَ4 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarنَكْثٌ

Core sense — he undid, or untwisted, a rope; he broke a covenantgenerated

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Muḍāriʿ نَكُثَ and نَكِثَ.

He undid [the threads of] a garment of the kind called كِسَاء and the like; he undid, or untwisted, a rope.

1.1.1he, or it, made the head of the tooth-stick uncompacted, or separated, in its fibres—نَكَثَ السِّوَاكَ

The verb has the same meaning with respect to other things. [See also form 8.]

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1.1.2figurative · مجازhe dissolved, violated, or broke, a covenant, or an act of inauguration, and the like—نَكَثَ

Muḍāriʿ نَكُثَ and نَكِثَ.

1.1.3same as نَكَصَ—نَكَثَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ

Aboo-Turáb gives this, under the article نكص.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 4 shown of 5
7:135
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!

9:12
وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا أَيْمَـٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَـٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ

But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you for your Faith,- fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to them: that thus they may be restrained.

9:13
أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear, if ye believe!

43:50
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

But when We removed the Penalty from them, behold, they broke their word.

Ayaat examples are given related to the entry.

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, (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.) 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.] نَكَثَ , (aor. نَكُثَ , and نَكِثَ , K, inf. n. نَكْثٌ , TA,) He dissolved, violated, or broke, a covenant, or compact, (S, K,) or an act of inauguration, &c. (TA.) نَكَثَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ i. q. نَكَصَ (Aboo-Turáb, in TA, art. نكص .)
Form 5تَنَكَّثَ1 sense

Core sense — it became undone, or untwistedgenerated

5.1

See form 8.

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see 8.
Form 6تَنَاكَثُوا عُهُودَهُمْ1 sense

Core sense — they mutually dissolved, or broke, their covenantsgenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز

They mutually dissolved, or broke, their covenants; same as تَنَاقَضُوهَا.

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They mutually dissolved, or broke, their covenants, or compacts; syn. تَنَاقَضُوهَا . (K.)
Form 8انتكث5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became undone, or untwisted; a covenant was broken; he became leangenerated

8.1

It (a garment of the kind called كِسَاء and the like, or a rope) was undone, or untwisted.

8.1.1the head of the tooth-stick became uncompacted, or separated, in its fibres—انتكث السِّوَاكُ

Another reading of this is نَكَثَ.

the head of the tooth-stick became uncompacted, or separated, in its fibres—تنكّث

This form is given under the article شعث.

8.1.2he was, or became, emaciated, or lean—انتكث

Said of a camel: it became lean after having been fat. [See form 4, in the article رأى.]

8.1.3figurative · مجازit was dissolved, violated, or broken—انتكث

Said of a covenant, or of an act of inauguration, and the like.

8.1.4figurative · مجازhe turned from a thing that he wanted to another thing, having desired, or sought, the first—انتكث مِنْ حَاجَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى

Also written لِأُخْرَى.

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It (a garment of the kind called كِسَاء , &c., Msb, or a rope, S, K) was undone, or untwisted. (S, K, &c.) 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.) انتكث [He was, or became, emaciated, or lean; he (a camel) became lean after having been fat. See 4, in art. رأى .] انتكث It (a covenant, or compact, S and K, or an act of inauguration, &c., TA,) was dissolved, violated, or broken. (S, K, &c.) انتكث مِنْ حَاجَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى , (K,) or لِأُخْرَى , (S,) He turned from a thing that he wanted to another thing, (S, K,) having desired, or sought, the former. (TA.)

Derived nouns 8

Nounنِكْثٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — what is undone, to be spun again, of worn-out cloth or tent-stuffgenerated

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What is undone, to be spun again, of the garments called أَكْسِيَة and of the stuff of the tents called أَخْبِيَة. Plural أَنْكَاثٌ.

Or: threads of an old, worn-out stuff of wool or hair, untwisted, mixed with new wool or hair, beaten with مَطاَرِق, and spun a second time.

Or: old, worn-out thread of wool, of common hair, or of the soft hair called وَبَر, so called because it is untwisted and then twisted again.

It is when the old, worn-out materials of the garments called اكسية and of the tents called اخبية are undone, to be spun again.

[SM seems to have understood, from the explanations given, that نِكْثٌ is a maṣdar; for he adds,] the substantive is نَكِيثَةٌ, that is, this last word has the meaning assigned above to نِكْثٌ.

1.1she spins what has been undone, to be spun again—هَىِ تَغْزِلُ النِّكْثَ
she spins what has been undone, to be spun again—نَكِيثٌ
1.2a rope undone, or untwisted, at its end—حَبْلٌ نِكْثٌ
a rope undone, or untwisted, at its end—نَكِيثٌ
a rope undone, or untwisted, at its end—أَنْكَاثٌ
a rope undone, or untwisted, at its end—مَنْكُوثٌ
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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]. هَىِ تَغْزِلُ النِّكْثَ , and نَكِيثٌ , She spins what has been undone, to be spun again, &c. (A.) حَبْلٌ نِكْثٌ , and نَكِيثٌ , (TA,) and أَنْكَاثٌ , and مَنْكُوثٌ , (K,) A rope undone, or untwisted, (K, TA,) at its end. (TA.)
Nounنُكَاثٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pustules in the mouths of camels; a disease of the bones by the earsgenerated

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Pustules which come out in the mouths of camels; also called لُكَاثٌ.

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A disease in the نَكَفَتَانِ of a camel, which are two prominent bones by the fat parts of the two ears; also called نُكَافٌ.

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Pustules which come forth in the mouths of camels: (K:) as also لُكَاثٌ . (TA.) 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.)
Nounنَكِيثٌ1 sense

Core sense — a rope undone, or untwisted, at its endgenerated

1

See نِكْثٌ.

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: see نِكْثٌ .
Nounنُكَاثَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — broken bits of a tooth-stick left in the mouth; a rope's untwisted endgenerated

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The broken particles of the end of a سِوَاك [or tooth-stick], remaining in the mouth.

1.1

Also, what is undone, or untwisted, of the end of a rope, and the like.

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The broken particles of the end of a سِوَاك [or tooth-stick], remaining in the mouth. (K.) Also, What is undone, or untwisted, of the end of a rope, (K,) &c. (TA.)
Nounنَكِيثَهٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — breach of promise; a difficult affair; the utmost effort, or strength; the mindgenerated

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See نِكْثٌ.

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Substantive from انتكث الحَبْلُ: [what is undone, or untwisted, of a rope].

1.2figurative · مجازsuch a one said a saying in which no breach of promise was [intended]—قَالَ فُلَانٌ قَوْلًا لَا نَكِيثَةَ فِيهِ

Breach of promise; same as خُلْفٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز

A difficult, or arduous, affair, or case, in which a people dissolves, or breaks, [its covenants, or compacts].

1.4

A great affair.

1.5such a one exerted the utmost effort, or strength, of his camel in journeying—بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ نَكِيثَةَ بَعِيرِهِ

The utmost of one's endeavour, or effort; power, or strength. Plural نَكَائِثُ.

[See also نَجِيثَةٌ.]

1.6nature; natural disposition, temper, or other quality—نَكِيثَةٌ
1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredthe mind; the soul—النَكِيثَهُ

Plural نَكَائِثُ.

Same as النَّفْسُ; so called because the vexation of the things it needs dissolves its powers, and old age destroys it.

The ة is added because it is a substantive.

such a one is strong in mind—فُلاَنٌ شَدِيدُ النَّكِيثَةِ
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: see نِكْثٌ . Subst. from انتكث الحَبْلُ [What is undone, or untwisted, of a rope]. (TA.) Breach of promise; syn. خُلْفٌ . (S, K.) Ex. قَالَ فُلَانٌ قَوْلًا لَا نَكِيثَةَ فِيهِ Such a one said a saying in which was [intended] no breach of promise. (S.) A difficult, or an arduous, affair, or case, in which a people dissolves, or breaks, ( تَنْكُثُ ) [its covenants, or compacts]. (S, K.) A great affair. (TA.) The utmost of one's endeavour, or effort: (S, K:) power, or strength: (K:) pl. نَكَائِثُ . (TA.) Ex. بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ نَكِيثَةَ بَعِيرِهِ Such a one exerted the utmost endeavour, or effort, [or power, or strength,] of his camel, in journeying. (S.) [See also نَجِيثَةٌ .] نَكِيثَةٌ Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property. (K.) النَكِيثَهُ The mind; the soul; syn. النَّفْسُ : (S, K:) so called because the vexation of those things of which it is in need dissolve ( تَنْكُثُ ) its powers, and old age destroys it: the ة is added because it is a subst. (TA.) Ex. فُلاَنٌ شَدِيدُ النَّكِيثَةِ Such a one is strong in mind. (S.) Pl. نَكَائِثُ . (TA.)
Nounنَكَّاثٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who untwists thread and twists it again; one who breaks his covenantgenerated

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One who undoes, or untwists, thread and twists it again. [See نِكْثٌ.]

1.1figurative · مجازone who habitually dissolves, violates, or breaks, his covenant—نَكَّاثٌ لِلْعَهْدِ
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One who undoes, or untwists, thread, and twists it again, or, to twist it again. (TA.) [See نِكْثٌ .] نَكَّاثٌ لِلْعَهْدِ One who is wont to dissolve, violate, or break, his covenant, or compact. (TA.)
Nounمَنْكُوثٌ1 sense

Core sense — undone, or untwisted, at its end, said of a ropegenerated

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See نِكْثٌ.

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: see نِكْثٌ .
Nounمَنْتَكِثٌ1 sense

Core sense — emaciated, lean, said of a camel once fatgenerated

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Emaciated, or lean.

Said of a camel that has been fat and has become lean.

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Emaciated; lean: (K:) a camel that has been fat, and has become lean. (TA.)