نَاكِتٌ
Root: نكت
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نَاكِتٌ
A distortion in a camel's elbow, so that it lacerates his side: or the cutting of a camel's side by his elbow: or [that fault in a camel] when his elbow makes a mark, or marks, upon his side: in this case you say, بِهِ ناكتٌ: but when it makes an incision, or incisions, in his side, you say بِهِ حَازٌّ: or ناكت is similar to نَاحِزٌ, i. e. the elbow's striking, and making a mark, or marks, upon the edge of the callous lump beneath his breast; in the case of which you say به
ناكت: and nearly the same is said in the A.
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