نكس
Root: نكس
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
نكس nakasa u (naks) to turn around, turn over, invert, reverse, turn upside down (هـs.th.); to lower, withdraw, retract, pull in (هـ s.th.); to bow, bend, tilt (رأسه ra’sahū or برأسه one’s head); to cause a relapse (هـ of an illness); pass. nukisa, to suffer a relapse II = I; to hang at half-mast (هـ a flag) VIII to be turned over, be inverted, be reversed; to sink, drop forward (head); to relapse, suffer a relapse
Entry 2
نكس nuks and نكسة naksa relapse; degeneration, degeneracy; decadence
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