نُكِسُ

nikosN * An arrow having its notch broken, and its top therefore made its bottom: (S, A, K:) pl. [of pauc.] A^anokaAsN (A, TA) and [of mult.] nukusN . (A.) ― -b2- A head, or blade, of an arrow &c., having its tongue ( sinox ) broken, and its point therefore made its tongue: (K:) pl. A^anokaAsN . (TA.) ― -b3- A bow of which the foot is made [ of ] the head of the branch; as also ↓ manokuwsapN . This peculiarity is a fault. (K.) ― -b4- A child such as is termed yatonN [ born preposterously, feet foremost; but yatonN is an inf. n., and I have not found it used as an epithet anywhere but in this instance]; (K;) i. q. manokuwsN ; and mentioned by IDrd; but he says that it is not of established authority. (TA.) ― -b5- (tropical:) Low, or ignoble; base; vile; mean, or sordid: See a verse cited voce A^a$~aEala : (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:) pl. A^anokaAsN . (A, K.) ― -b6- See also munak~isN : ― -b7- and nukusN .