najwā

confidential talk, soliloquy

نَجْوَى

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْلَى

Root

ن ج و

Forms

Plurals: نَجاوَى، نَجاوا

In the library

۞ لَا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنْ نَجْوَاهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

The Qurʾān, page 97 →

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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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