Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

نَكَبٌ

Root: نكب

Full Definition

نَكَبٌ An inclining in a thing: or what resembles an inclining in a thing.
2 A halting in a camel by reason of a pain in his shoulder-joint: or a disease which attacks camels in the shoulder-joints, in consequence of which they halt: or only in the shoulder-joint.


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