Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

نَكَرَةٌ

Root: نكر

Full Definition

نَكَرَةٌ a subst. from إِنْكَارٌ, with which it is syn., [app. signifying (like نَكِرَةٌ) Ignorance: or denial: or disapproval, or the like]. like نَفَقَةٌ from إِنْفَاقٌ. It is said, in a certain trad, كُنْتَ لِى أَشَدَّ نَكَرَةً, i. e. إِنْكَارًا, [Thou wast to me most ignorant. &c.]


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