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نكف

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Form 1نَكِفَ مِنَالشَّىْءِ1 sense
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarنَكَفٌ

Core sense — he abstained from a thing out of disdain and pridegenerated

1.1

He abstained from, or refused to do, the thing, out of disdain and pride.

. Also with muḍāriʿ نَكُفَ and استنكف.

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, aor. نَكَفَ ; inf. n. نَكَفٌ ; and نَكَفَ , aor. نَكُفَ ; and استنكف ; He abstained from, or refused to do, the thing, from disdain and pride. (Msb.)
Form 5تَنَكَّفَ بِمَوْضِعِ كَذَا1 sense

Core sense — he waited in such a placegenerated

5.1

Same in meaning as تَلَيَّثَ: [He waited, &c.]

From the Nawádir, in the article on صقر.

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[He waited, &c.,] i. q. تَلَيَّثَ . (TA in art. صقر , from the “ Nawádir. ”)
Form 10اِسْتَنْكَفَ مِنْهُ1 sense

Core sense — he disdained it, he was ashamed of itgenerated

10.1

He disdained, or scorned, it; he was ashamed of it. See Form 1.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 10 1 shown of 2
4:172
لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْدًا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا

Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship Allah, nor do the angels, those nearest (to Allah): those who disdain His worship and are arrogant,-He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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(KL, * MA) He disdained, or scorned, it; was ashamed of it. (KL, MA.) See 1.

Derived nouns 1

Nounنَكَفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a gland at the side of the jawgenerated

1

See غُنْدُبَةٌ and لُغْدٌ.

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: see غُنْدُبَةٌ , and لُغْدٌ .