نَكِيثَهٌ

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نَكِيثَهٌ : see نِكْثٌ.
2 Subst. from انتكث الحَبْلُ [What is undone, or untwisted, of a rope].
3 Breach of promise; syn. خُلْفٌ. Ex. قَالَ فُلَانٌ قَوْلًا لَا نَكِيثَةَ فِيهِ Such a one said a saying in which was [intended] no breach of promise.
4 A difficult, or an arduous, affair, or case, in which a people dissolves, or breaks, (تَنْكُثُ) [its covenants, or compacts].
5 A great affair.
6 The utmost of one's endeavour, or effort: power, or strength: pl. نَكَائِثُ. Ex. بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ نَكِيثَةَ بَعِيرِهِ Such a one exerted the utmost endeavour, or effort, [or power, or strength,] of his camel, in journeying. [See also نَجِيثَةٌ.]
7 نَكِيثَةٌ Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property.
8 النَكِيثَهُ The mind; the soul; syn. النَّفْسُ: so called because the vexation of those things of which it is in need dissolve (تَنْكُثُ) its powers, and old age destroys it: the ة is added because it is a subst. Ex. فُلاَنٌ شَدِيدُ النَّكِيثَةِ Such a one is strong in mind. Pl. نَكَائِثُ.

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