نِكْسٌ

An arrow having its notch broken, and its top therefore made its bottom: (S, A, K:) plural [of pauc.] أَنْكَاسٌ (A, TA) and [of mult.] نُكُسٌ. (A.)

A head, or blade, of an arrow &c., having its tongue (سِنْخ) broken, and its point therefore made its tongue: (K:) plural أَنْكَاسٌ. (TA.)

A bow of which the foot is made [of] the head of the branch; as also مَنْكُوسَةٌ. This peculiarity is a fault. (K.)

A child such as is termed يَتْنٌ [born preposterously, feet foremost; but يَتْنٌ is a verbal noun, and I have not found it used as an epithet anywhere but in this instance]; (K;) i. q. مَنْكُوسٌ; and mentioned by IDrd; but he says that it is not of established authority. (TA.)

(tropical:) Low, or ignoble; base; vile; mean, or sordid: See a verse cited voce أَشَّعَلَ: (A:) (tropical:) one who falls short of the utmost point of generosity; (K;) or of courage and generosity: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) weak; (S, K;) applied to a man: (S:) (assumed tropical:) short: (AHn:) plural أَنْكَاسٌ. (A, K.)