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ن ك ف

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Computed
Occurrences
3
Distinct forms
3

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root نكف. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

نَكِفَ مِنَالشَّىْءِ , aor. نَكَفَ ; inf. n. نَكَفٌ ; and نَكَفَ , aor. نَكُفَ ; and ↓ استنكف ; He abstained from, or refused to do, the thing, from disdain and pride. (Msb.)

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تَنَكَّفَ بِمَوْضِعِ كَذَا [He waited, &c.,] i. q. تَلَيَّثَ . (TA in art. صقر , from the “ Nawádir. ”)

اِسْتَنْكَفَ مِنْهُ (KL, * MA) He disdained, or scorned, it; was ashamed of it. (KL, MA.) See 1.

نَكَفَةٌ : see غُنْدُبَةٌ , and لُغْدٌ .

Derived forms · 3

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Distribution across surahs

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Connected roots

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The roots that most often share a verse with ن ك ف. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 2 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.

Occurrences · 2 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Women 4:173Quranic text

فَأَمَّاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِفَيُوَفِّيهِمْأُجُورَهُمْوَيَزِيدُهُممِّنفَضْلِهِۦوَأَمَّاٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَنكَفُوا۟وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟فَيُعَذِّبُهُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًاوَلَايَجِدُونَلَهُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِوَلِيًّاوَلَانَصِيرًا

Reference 4:173

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