ن • ك • ف

, 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.)

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

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

: see غُنْدُبَةٌ, and لُغْدٌ.