نكث
1 نَكَثَ, (
S,
K,)
aor. ـُ (
K,
Msb,) and نَكِثَ, (
K,)
inf. n. نَكْثٌ, (
TA,) He undid [the threads of] a garment of the kind called كِسَاء, &c.: (
Msb:) he undid, or untwisted, a rope. (
S,
K.)
b2: نَكَثَ السِّوَاكَ,
aor. ـُ
inf. n. نَكْثٌ; He, or it, made the head of the tooth-stick to be uncompacted, disintegrated, disunited, or seperated, in its fibres: and so the verb signifies with respect to other things. (
TA.) [See also 8.]
b3: نَكَثَ, (aor.
نَكُثَ, and نَكِثَ,
K,
inf. n. نَكْثٌ,
TA,) (
tropical:) He dissolved, violated, or broke, a covenant, or compact, (
S,
K,) or an act of inauguration, &c. (
TA.)
b4: نَكَثَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
i. q. نَكَصَ (Aboo-Turáb, in
TA, art. نكص.) 5 تَنَكَّثَ see 8.
6 تَنَاكَثُوا عُهُودَهُمْ (
tropical:) They mutually dissolved, or broke, their covenants, or compacts;
syn. تَنَاقَضُوهَا. (
K.) 8 انتكث It (a garment of the kind called كِسَاء, &c.,
Msb, or a rope,
S,
K) was undone, or untwisted. (
S,
K, &c.)
b2: انتكث السِّوَاكُ [so
accord. to the
TA: in the
K, ↓ نَكَثَ:] (
TA:) and ↓ تنكّث, (
TA, in art. شعث,) The head of the tooth-stick became uncompacted, disunited, or separated, in its fibres. (
TA.)
b3: انتكث [He was, or became, emaciated, or lean; he (a camel) became lean after having been fat. See 4, in art. رأى.]
b4: انتكث (
tropical:) It (a covenant, or compact,
S and
K, or an act of inauguration, &c.,
TA,) was dissolved, violated, or broken. (
S,
K, &c.)
b5: انتكث مِنْ حَاجَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى, (
K,) or لِأُخْرَى, (
S,) (
tropical:) He turned from a thing that he wanted to another thing, (
S,
K,) having desired, or sought, the former. (
TA.) نِكْثٌ What is undone, to be spun again, (
A,
Msb,) of the garments called أَكْسِيَة, and of the stuff of the tents called أَخْبِيَة: (
A:)
pl. أَنْكَاثٌ: (
Msb:) or threads of an old and worn-out stuff, of wool or hair, untwisted, and mixed with new wool [or hair], and beaten with مَطاَرِق, and spun a second time: or old and worn-out thread of wool or common hair or the soft hair called وَبَر; so called because it is untwisted, and twisted again: (
TA:) it is when the old and worn-out materials of the garments called اكسية (and of the tents called اخبية,
S) are undone, to be spun again. (
S,
K.) [
SM seems to have understood, from the
expl. in the
S and
K, that نِكْثٌ is an
inf. n.; for he adds,] the
subst. is ↓ نَكِيثَةٌ: (
TA:) [i. e., this last word has the signification assigned above to نِكْثٌ, from the
A and
Msb].
b2: هَىِ تَغْزِلُ النِّكْثَ, and نَكِيثٌ, She spins what has been undone, to be spun again, &c. (
A.)
b3: حَبْلٌ نِكْثٌ, and ↓ نَكِيثٌ, (
TA,) and أَنْكَاثٌ, and ↓ مَنْكُوثٌ, (
K,) A rope undone, or untwisted, (
K,
TA,) at its end. (
TA.) نُكَاثٌ Pustules which come forth in the mouths of camels: (
K:) as also لُكَاثٌ. (
TA.)
b2: A disease in the نَكَفَتَانِ of a camel, which are two prominent bones by the fat parts of the two ears: it is also called نُكَافٌ. (
TA.) نَكِيثٌ: see نِكْثٌ.
نُكَاثَةٌ The broken particles of the end of a سِوَاك [or tooth-stick], remaining in the mouth. (
K.)
b2: Also, What is undone, or untwisted, of the end of a rope, (
K,) &c. (
TA.) نَكِيثَهٌ: see نِكْثٌ.
b2: Subst. from انتكث الحَبْلُ [What is undone, or untwisted, of a rope]. (
TA.)
b3: (
tropical:) Breach of promise;
syn. خُلْفٌ. (
S,
K.)
Ex. قَالَ فُلَانٌ قَوْلًا لَا نَكِيثَةَ فِيهِ Such a one said a saying in which was [intended] no breach of promise. (
S.)
b4: (
tropical:) A difficult, or an arduous, affair, or case, in which a people dissolves, or breaks, (تَنْكُثُ) [its covenants, or compacts]. (
S,
K.)
b5: A great affair. (
TA.)
b6: The utmost of one's endeavour, or effort: (
S,
K:) power, or strength: (
K:)
pl. نَكَائِثُ. (
TA.)
Ex. بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ نَكِيثَةَ بَعِيرِهِ Such a one exerted the utmost endeavour, or effort, [or power, or strength,] of his camel, in journeying. (
S.) [See also نَجِيثَةٌ.]
b7: نَكِيثَةٌ Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property. (
K.)
b8: النَكِيثَهُ (assumed
tropical:) The mind; the soul;
syn. النَّفْسُ: (
S,
K:) 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. (
TA.)
Ex. فُلاَنٌ شَدِيدُ النَّكِيثَةِ Such a one is strong in mind. (
S.)
Pl. نَكَائِثُ. (
TA.) نَكَّاثٌ One who undoes, or untwists, thread, and twists it again, or, to twist it again. (
TA.) [See نِكْثٌ.]
b2: نَكَّاثٌ لِلْعَهْدِ (
tropical:) One who is wont to dissolve, violate, or break, his covenant, or compact. (
TA.) مَنْكُوثٌ: see نِكْثٌ.
مَنْتَكِثٌ Emaciated; lean: (
K:) a camel that has been fat, and has become lean. (
TA.)