Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

نَكِيبٌ

Root: نكب

Full Definition

نَكِيبٌ The circuit (دَائِرَة: in some copies of the S, دابرة: but this, as IKtt says, is a mistake; and the former is the correct word: TA) of a hoof, and of a camel's foot. See مَنْكَوبٌ.


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