Root

ن ج و

3 verbs · 9 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • نَجَا Form I Alvum dejecit
    Alvum dejecit; (Msb, TA;) ventumve per anum emisit: (TA:) he voided his ordure; or broke wind. ― -b2- نَجَا, inf. n. نَجَآءٌ, He was quick, or swift, and outstripped. (S.) See an ex. of the inf. n., voce غولٌ. ― -b3- نَجَا He became safe, or secure; he escaped. (Msb, &c.)
  • نَجَّوَ Form II Open entry
    see 4.
  • أَنْجَاهُ Form IV He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him
    and ↓ نَجَّاهُ He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him. (K.)
  • اِسْتَنْجَى Form X He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place
    He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place [of exit] of his excrement. (Msb.) -A2- اِسْتَنْجَوْا: see 8 in art. سعر.
  • نَجْوٌ A shower of rain
    and نَجَآءٌ A shower of rain. ― -b2- See شُوْبُوبٌ and 1. ― -b3- نجاء A well of which the water is distant [from the mouth]. (O, TA, voce قَرَبٌ.)
  • نَجْوَةٌ An elevated piece of land
    An elevated piece of land. (Msb.)
  • نَجِىٌّ Open entry
    : see نَجْوَى. ― -b2- عُرْيَانُ النَّجِىِّ: see art. عرى.
  • نَجْوَى Secret discourse between two persons or parties
    Secret discourse between two persons or parties. (TA.) ― -b2- A secret between two persons or parties; as also ↓ نَجِىٌّ. (K, TA.) ― -b3- A person, or persons, discoursing secretly, or telling secrets one with another. (TA.)
  • مَنْجَاةٌ A cause, or means, of safety
    [A cause, or means, of safety: of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, originally مَنْجَوَةٌ; similar to مَفْلَحَةٌ, &c.]. (S.)
  • نَجَيْتُ Open entry
    a dial. var. of نَجَوْتُ: see دَوْكَةٌ.

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