نِكْسٌ
Root: نكس
Full Definition
نِكْسٌ
An arrow having its notch broken, and its top therefore made its bottom: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْكَاسٌ and [of mult.] نُكُسٌ.
2 A head, or blade, of an arrow &c., having its tongue (سِنْخ) broken, and its point therefore made its tongue: pl. أَنْكَاسٌ.
3 A bow of which the foot is made [of] the head of the branch; as also . This peculiarity is a fault.
4 A child such as is termed يَتْنٌ [born preposterously, feet foremost; but يَتْنٌ is an Verbal.Noun, and I have not found it used as an epithet anywhere but in this instance]; i. q. مَنْكُوسٌ; and mentioned by IDrd; but he says that it is not of established authority.
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6 See also مُنَكِّسٌ:
7 and نُكُسٌ.
2 A head, or blade, of an arrow &c., having its tongue (سِنْخ) broken, and its point therefore made its tongue: pl. أَنْكَاسٌ.
3 A bow of which the foot is made [of] the head of the branch; as also . This peculiarity is a fault.
4 A child such as is termed يَتْنٌ [born preposterously, feet foremost; but يَتْنٌ is an Verbal.Noun, and I have not found it used as an epithet anywhere but in this instance]; i. q. مَنْكُوسٌ; and mentioned by IDrd; but he says that it is not of established authority.
5
6 See also مُنَكِّسٌ:
7 and نُكُسٌ.
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