Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 793
نم نکس نَكَسَ aor. يَنْكُسُ inf. noun نَكَّسَهُ نُكْسٌ or نَكَسَه : He turned it over or upside down; he changed its manner of being or state; he turned it over upon its head. نَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ : He bent or lowered or hung down his head towards the ground for shame or by reason of abasement. نُكِسَ فِي مَرَضِهِ : He relapsed into his disease after recovery. نُكِسَ الْجُرْحُ : The wound broke open again. نُكِسُوْا عَلَى رُءُ وسِهِمْ : They returned to their former state of disbelief; they reverted to disputation after they had taken the right course; they hung down their heads in shame and were completely dumb-founded or their heads were made to hung low for shame : The man became weak نَكَّسَهُ : He reversed : نُكِسَ الرَّجُلُ (21:66) it . وَمَنْ نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ : And whom We grant long life, We revert him to a weak condition of creation; and whom We cause to live long, We cause him to become in a state the reverse of that in which he was in constitution, so that after strength, he becomes reduced to weakness and after youthfulness to extreme old age (36:69). نَكَفَ ]aor. يَنْكُفُ inf. noun نَكَفَ عَنْهُ نَكَفَ : He turned away from it; he abstained or kept away from it; he disdained it اِسْتَنْكَفَ الرَّجُلُ : The man was or became proud and vain, disdaining others. إِسْتَنْكَفَ عَنْ كَذَا : He kept away or turned away from or he disdained it by way of pride or vanity. وَمَنْ يَسْتَنْكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ : And whoso disdains to worship Him (4 :173). نَكُلِّ ]aor. يَنْكُلُ and يَنْكِلُ inf. noun نَكَلَ بِفُلانٍ نُكُوْلاً : He inflicted on him such a punishment as to make him an example for others. نَكَالٌ : Exemplary punishment; warning: example. فَجَعَلْنِهَا نَكَالاً : Thus We have made it an example )267( نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالأوْلَى : Punishment of the Hereafter and the present life (726) plural of نكلّ which means, fetter, chain; necklace, bracelet )7:13( تَنْكِيْلٌ : Inf. noun from نَكَّرَ and means, make one a warning example. اَشَدُّ تَنْكِيلاً : Stronger in inflicting punishment (4:85). نَمَارِقُ plural of نَمْرَقٌ and نِمْرَقٌ and نُمْرَقٌ and نَمْرَقَةٌ [ : Carpets )88:16( نم ود لگ ]aor. يَكُم inf. noun نَمَّا and نَمِيْمَةً and نَمِيْمًا [ : He uttered calumny; 793