نَكْبَةٌ

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نَكْبَةٌ A hurt [of the foot] by a stone, causing a bleeding: or a hit by a stone [upon the foot]. Ex. لَيْسَ دُونَ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ نَكْبَةٌ وَلَا ذُبَّاحٌ There is not in the way of the attainment of this thing a hurt [of the foot] by a stone, &c., nor a crack in the inside of the foot. [See also ذبّاح.] Hence نَكْبَةٌ in the sense immediately following.
2 A misfortune; an evil accident; a disaster; an affliction; a calamity: as also نَكْبٌ : pl. of the former نَكَباَتٌ; and of the latter, نُكُوبٌ.

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