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زَجُلٌ زُكَأَةٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ زُكَأٌ , (K,) and مَلِىْءٌ زُكَأَةٌ (S) and ↓ زُكَأٌ , (TA,) and النَّقْدِزُكَآءُ , (S, K,) A wealthy man, quick, or prompt, in paying: (S, * K:) [or rather this is the meaning when you combine the two epithets ملىء and زكأة or زكأ: otherwise the meaning is only a man quick, or prompt, in paying: for] you say, لَتَجِدَنَّهُ زُكَأَةً نُكَأَةً meaning Thou wilt assuredly find him to be one who pays what he owes (TA) without putting off. (K in art. نكأ.)

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