minjal

scythe, sickle

مِنْجَل

Word

Noun · pattern مِفْعَل

Root

ن ج ل

Forms

Plural: مَناجِل

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ثم إني وجدت يسير قوة، فنهضت على طريق وجدت بها أثر البقر، ووجدت ثوراً عليه بردعة ومنجل، فإذا تلك الطريق تفضي إلى قرى الكفار.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

طَعْنَةٌ نَجْلَآءُ A wide wound with a spear or the like

A wide wound with a spear or the like. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce رُبَّ. ― -b2- عَيْنٌ نَجْلَآءُ A wide eye; pl. عُيُونٌ نُجْلٌ. (TA.) See a verse in art. فرغ (conj. 4).
مِنْجَلٌ A reaping-hook

A reaping-hook. (Mgh; and S, K, voce مِحْصَدٌ.) It has a toothed, or serrated, edge: (A, art. حز; and K, art. اشر:) and is sometimes plain. (K, voce مِحَشٌّ, and M and L, voce سِنٌّ.) See مِخْلَبٌ and دَرَهْرَهَةٌ. ― -b2- [A reaping-hook: or a pruning-hook: sometimes signifying the latter:] an iron implement, having teeth, with which seed-produce is cut: or one with which the wood, or branch, is cut off from the tree, and cast down, or away. (TA.)
نَجيلٌ Open entry

: see طَحْمَآءُ.

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