نَكَتَ

, aorist نَكُتَ , verbal noun نَكْتٌ, (or نَكَتَ الأَرْضَ بِقَضِيبٍ, [&c.,] TA.) He struck the ground with a stick, (S, M, K,) or with his finger, (M,) so that it made a mark, or marks, upon it, (S, K,) with its extremity; an action of one reflecting, or meditating, and anxious. (TA.) [Thus our Saviour seems to have done in the case of the woman taken in adultery: see S. John viii. 6 and 8.]

Also, He struck the ground with pebbles. (TA.)

Hence, (tropical:) He reflected, or meditated, and talked to himself (TA, from a tradition)

نَكَتَ, aorist نَكُتَ , (S, K,) verbal noun نَكْتٌ, (K,) He (a horse) bounded (نَبَا, S, K) from the ground, (S,) in running. (TA.)

نَكَتَهُ He threw it down upon the ground. (TA.)

نَكَتَ كِتَابَتَهُ He scattered the contents of his quiver. (TA.) See نكب.]

طَعَنَهُ فَنَكَتَهٌ He thrust him, or pierced him, and threw him down upon his head. (As, S, K. *)

نُكِتَ It (a cooked bone, containing marrow,) was struck with the edge of a cake of bread, or with some other thing, to cause the marrow to fall out. (TA.) نُكِتَ العَظْمُ The marrow to the bone was taken out, or extracted. (Aboo-'Ameythel.) Mentioned in article بقت, q. v. (TA.)

-A2- نَكَتَ فِى كَلاَمِهِ and فِى قَوْلَهِ, [aor, verbal noun نَكْتٌ? (in the TA, the verb is written without the syll. points, but the form commonly known in the present day, and occurring in many late works, is ↓ نكّت, verbal noun نَنْكِيتٌ; (tropical:) He made use of nice, or subtile, sayings, expressions, such as are termed نُكَت, plural of نُكْتَة)] (A.)

نَكَتُ فِى العِلْمِ بِمُوَافقَهِ فُلَانٍ أَوْ مُخَالَفَةِ فُلَانِ He alluded (أَشَارَ) (with respect to science, to the agreement of such a one, or the disagreement of such a one]. (L)