Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ناكرهُ

Root: نكر

Form: 3

Full Definition

ناكرهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُنَاكَرَةٌ, He strove, or endeavoured, to outwit, deceive, beguile, or circumvent, him; or he practised with him mutual deceit, guile, or circumvention; syn. خَادَعَهُ and دَاهَاهُ: the Verbal.Noun is also explained by مُرَاوَغَةٌ as well as مُخَادَعَةٌ [both of which signify the same].
2 Hence, He contended with him in fight; and in war, or hostility. It is said of Mohammad, by Aboo-Sufyán Ibn- Harb, لَمْ يُنَاكِرْ أَحَدًا إِلَّا كَانَتْ مَعَهُ الأَهْوَالُ, meaning, He did not war with any one without being aided by terror [cast into the hearts of his opponents]. And one says, بَيْنَهُمَا مُنَاكَرَةٌ Between them two is war, or hostility, and fighting.


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