انتكس

Form: 8

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انتكسVIII quasi-pass. of نَكَسَهُ; [and therefore signifying It became turned over, or upside down; became turned over upon its head; became inverted; became reversed; became changed in its manner of being, or state; it became turned fore part behind; its first part was made to be last, or was put last:] he fell upon his head. This last signification [understood figuratively] it is said to have in the phrase تَعَسَ وَٱنْتَكَسَ, a form of imprecation, meaning, May he be disappointed, or fail, of attaining his desire: for he who is overthrown in his affair (مَن ٱنْتَكَسَ فِى أَمْرِهِ) is disappointed of attaining his desire, and suffers loss. [See also 1, where this form of imprecation is differently explained.]
2 Also, i. q. نَكَّسَ رَأَسَهُ. [See 1, last signification.]

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