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أَنْكَدُ

Root: نكد

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أَنْكَدُ .
2 نَكْدَآءُ A she-camel abounding with milk; as also نَاكِدٌ : a she-camel that has no young one living, and therefore abounding with milk, because she does not suckle; so نَكْدَآءُ مِقْلَاتٌ, of which the pls. occur in a verse of El-Kumeyt cited voce شَخَبَ: also, contr., a she-camel having no milk: or having little milk; as also نَاكِدٌ : and both words, a she-camel whose young one has died: pl. نُكْدٌ See also مَكْدَآءُ.
3 أَنْكَدُ Unfortunate; unlucky. See نَكِدٌ.
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