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najara

carve, hew

نَجَرَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن ج ر

Forms

Present
يَنْجُرُ
Verbal noun
نَجْر
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَجَرَيَنْجُرُ—
she هِيَ نَجَرَتتَنْجُرُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَجَرايَنْجُرانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَجَرَتاتَنْجُرانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَجَرُوايَنْجُرُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَجَرْنَيَنْجُرْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَجَرْتَتَنْجُرُاُنْجُرْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَجَرْتِتَنْجُرِينَاُنْجُرِي
you two أَنْتُما نَجَرْتُماتَنْجُرانِاُنْجُرَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَجَرْتُمتَنْجُرُونَاُنْجُرُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَجَرْتُنَّتَنْجُرْنَاُنْجُرْنَ
I أَنا نَجَرْتُأَنْجُرُ—
we نَحْنُ نَجَرْنانَنْجُرُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • نَجَرَ He worked
    , (S, A, Msb,) aor. , (S, Msb,) inf. n. نَجْرٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) He worked wood as a carpenter; cut or hewed it; formed or fashioned it by cutting; cut it out; hewed it out; shaped it out; syn. نَحَتَ; (Lth, S, A, K;) or, as some say, قَطَعَ. (TA.) -A2- نَجَرَتْ, (TA,) [aor. as above, accord. to the rule of the K,] inf. n. نَجْرٌ, (K,) She (a woman) made, or prepared, the kind of food called نَجِيرَة, (K, * TA,) for her children, and her pastors. (TA.)
  • نَجْرٌ shape, or form
    (assumed tropical:) The shape, or form, of a man [or beast]; his appearance, or external state or condition: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) species; distinctive quality or property; syn. لَوْنٌ; as also ↓ نِجَارٌ and ↓ نُجَارٌ: (S, TA:) (tropical:) nature; natural or native disposition or temper or other quality or property; (A, TA;) of a man [&c.]; as also ↓ نِجَارٌ or ↓ نُجَارٌ: (A [in my copy of the A written erroneously نَجَارٌ:]) his place of growth; as also نجار: (A:) origin; syn. أَصْلٌ; as also ↓ نِجَارٌ and نُجَارٌ: (S, * K:) grounds of pretension to respect; rank or quality, nobility, honourableness, or estimableness; syn. ↓ حَسَبٌ; (S, * TA;) as also ↓ نِجَارٌ (S, * Msb, TA) and ↓ نُجَارٌ: (S, TA:) generosity of mind or spirit (A.) It is said in the prov., " ↓ كُلٌّ نِجَارِ إِبِلٍ نِجَارُهَا وَنَارُ إِبْلِ العَالَمِينَ نَارُهَا " Every species of camels is their species: (S:) or every origin &c.: (K:) [and every mark of the camels of the various peoples of the world is their mark: (the latter hemistich is omitted in the S, K, but inserted in the TA:)] the camels here mentioned by the poet were stolen from among a variety of camels, and comprised every species [with every mark]. (TA.) The proverb is applied to him who confounds things; (S;) and means, he has in him every sort of disposition, and has no opinion in which he is settled. (A 'Obeyd, S, K.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 317. See also نَارٌ.]
  • نَجْرَانٌ piece of wood in which is the foot of a door
    The piece of wood in which is the foot of a door: (K:) or the piece of wood upon which the foot of a door turns: (S:) or the foot of a door, upon which it turns: (A:) or the دَرْوَنْد [a Persian word signifying a bolt, and a hook,] of a door. (IAar, TA.) [Chald. נַנְרָא vectis, pessulus: (Golius:) which suggests that the original signification may be that assigned by IAar: but the first and second and third are alone agreeable with the following verse.] AO, cites this ex.: " صَبَبْتُ المَآءَ فِى النَّجْرَانِ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُ البَابَ لَيْسَ لَهُ صَرِيرُ " [I poured water into, or upon, the نجران, so that I made the door to have no creaking]. (S.)
  • نُجَارٌ Open entry
    and نِجَارٌ: see نَجْرٌ, throughout.
  • نُجَارَةٌ Cuttings, chips, parings, shavings, or the like, of wood
    [Cuttings, chips, parings, shavings, or the like, of wood;] what is cut, or hewn, (K, TA,) from wood, (TA,) when it is worked by the carpenter. (TA.)
  • نِجَارَةٌ art of carpentry
    The art of carpentry. (Msb, K.)
  • نَجِيرَةٌ Milk mixed with flour: or with clarified butter
    Milk mixed with flour: or with clarified butter: (K:) or, accord. to Abu-l-Ghamr ElKilábee, fresh milk to which clarified butter is added. (S.) See حَرِيرَةٌ.
  • نَجَّارٌ A carpenter
    A carpenter. (S, A, Msb, K.)
  • أَنْجَرٌ anchor of a ship
    The anchor of a ship, (A, K,) composed of pieces of wood, (K, TA,) which are put with their heads in contrary directions, and the middles of which are bound together in one place, after which, (TA,) molten lead is poured between them, so that they become like a rock; (K, TA;) the heads of the pieces of wood project, and to these are tied ropes; then it is lowered in the water, (TA,) and when it becomes fast, the ship becomes fast: (K, TA:) it is a Persian word, (TA,) arabicized, from لَنْكَرْ: (K, TA:) [or from the Greek ἄγκυρα:] accord. to the T, a word of the dial. of El-'Irák. (TA.) You say هُوَ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أَنْجَرٍ He is heavier than an anchor. (A.)
  • إِنْجَارٌ Open entry
    : see إِجَّارٌ.
  • مَنْجُورٌ worked, cut, hewed, formed, or fashioned by the carpenter
    Wood worked, cut, hewed, formed, or fashioned by the carpenter. (A.)

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