Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَكَشَ البِئْرَ, (Ṣ, A,) or الرَّكِيَّةَ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَنْكِشُ} (Az, Ṣ, ISd, Ḳ) and ـُ {يَنْكُشُ}, (IDrd, Ḳ,) inf. n. نَكْشٌ, (A,) He entirely exhausted the water of the well: (Az, Ṣ, A:) and (A) he extracted what was in the well, of black fetid mud (حَمْأَة [in some of the copies of the Ḳ, خَبِيْئَة, which is a mistranscription,]) and of clay: (A, Ḳ;) as alsoإِنْتَكَشَهَا↓ (Ṣgh, Ḳ.) Hence the saying, فَلَانٌ بَحْرٌ لَا يُنْكَشُ (Ṣ, Ḳ *) † [Such a one is] a sea, or great river, which will not be entirely exhausted, nor will diminish. (Ḳ.) And عِنْدَهُ شَجَاعَةٌ لَا تُنْكَشُ (Ṣ, TA.) ‡ He has courage which will not be exhausted: said of ʼAlee, by a man of Kureysh. (TA.)

And نَكَشَ الشَّىْءَ He consumed the thing; made it come to an end, fail, cease, perish, or come to nought: (A, Ḳ:) and the same, (ISd, A,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) or نَكَشَ مِنْهُ, (Lth, Ḳ,) he made an end of the thing; or ceased from it, having finished it. (Lth, ISd, A, Ḳ; but in [some of] the copies of the Ḳ, فَزِعَ is put by mistake for فَرَغَ, in this explanation. TA.) One says, إِنْتَهَوْا إِلَى عُشْبٍ فَنَكَشُوهُ They came at last to herbage, and consumed it. (Ṣ,* TA.) And لُمْعَةٌ مَا تُنْكَشُ [A piece of herbage beginning to dry up] that is not extirpated, or cut off entirely with its roots. (Ḳ.)

نَكْشٌ also signifies † The scrutinizing or investigating, or searching or examining or inquiring into, affairs. (TA.) [You say, app., نَكَشَ عَنِ الأُمُورِ, meaning, He scrutinized,, &c., affairs.]

And نَكَشَانٌ is like نَكْشٌ [but in what sense is not said]. (TA.)

نَكَّاشٌ † A man who scrutinizes or investigates, or searches or examines or inquires into, affairs; (TA;) as alsoمِنْكَشٌ↓. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

مَنْكُوشٌ A receptacle of the kind called سَفَط of which the contents have been taken out. (TA.)

هُوَ مَنْكُوشٌ مِنَ المَنَاكِيشِ † [He is one of those who are empty, or devoid of good]: a phrase denoting vituperation. (TA.)