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نَكَّاثٌ

Root: نكث

Full Definition

نَكَّاثٌ One who undoes, or untwists, thread, and twists it again, or, to twist it again. [See نِكْثٌ.]
2 نَكَّاثٌ لِلْعَهْدِ One who is wont to dissolve, violate, or break, his covenant, or compact.
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