Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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نجب نجث نجح


1. ⇒ نجث

نَجَثَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْجُثُ}, inf. n. نَجْثٌ; andتنجّث↓; (TA;) andانتجث↓ andاستنجث↓; (Ḳ;) He extracted, drew out, or caused to come forth, (Ḳ, TA,) a thing: apparently more especially used with reference to what is talked of, or news, tidings, or the like. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَجَثَ عَنْهُ, aor. ـُ {يَنْجُثُ} (andنجّث↓, inf. n. تَنْجيثٌ, TA,) andتنجّث↓; He searched, or sought, for, or after, it; inquired respecting it; sought for information respecting it; searched into, inquired into, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it; i. e. an affair. (Aṣ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَجَثَ قَبْرًا, [aor. ـُ {يَنْجُثُ},] inf. n. نَجْثٌ, He dug up the contents of a grave. (TA, form a trad.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

فُلَانٌ يَنْجُثُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ, (inf. n. نَجْثٌ, L,) Such a one seduces, misleads, or leads astray, (يَسْتَغْوِى, Fr, Ṣ, Ḳ, or, accord. to AʼObeyd, يَسْتَعْوِى, with the unpointed ع, i. e., summons, by a cry, to sedition, or the like, Ṣ,) and implores aid of, the sons of such a one. (Fr, Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See 10 in art. عو.]


5. ⇒ تنجّث

تنجّث الأَخْبَارَ He searched, or sought, for, or after, news, or tidings. (TA.) [See also 1.]


6. ⇒ تناجث

تَنَاجَثُوا [They revealed secrets, one to another]: تَنَاجُثٌ signifies the same as تَبَاثٌّ, (Ḳ,) and تَبَاحُثٌ. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 6. Signification: A2

تَنَاجَثُوا [They searched, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, together]: تَنَاجُثٌ signifies the same as تَبَاحُثٌ. (TA.)


8. ⇒ انتجث

انتجث He, or it, became inflated. (Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

انتجث His fatness became apparent. (Ḳ.) One says انتحثت الشَّاةُ The ewe became fat. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 8. Signification: A3

10. ⇒ استنجث

استنجث شَيْئًا He exposed himself to a thing; or ventured upon it: (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA:) he devoted himself eagerly to it, and set about it, or commenced it. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: 10. Signification: A2

نُجْثٌ

نُجْثٌ andنُجُثٌ↓ A coat of mail; syn. دِرْعٌ. (Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نُجْثٌ Signification: A2

Also, (orنُجُثٌ↓, Ṣ,) The pericardium; syn. غِلَافُ القَلْبِ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. أَنْجَاثٌ. (Ṣ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نُجْثٌ Signification: A3

The house (بَيْت) of a man: pl. أَنْجَاثٌ. (Ḳ.)


نَجِثٌ

نَجِثٌ: see نَجَّاثٌ.


نُجُثٌ

نُجُثٌ: see نُجْثٌ.


نَجِيثٌ

نَجِيثٌA hidden secret. (Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: A2
Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: A3

بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The secret of the people, which they concealed, became apparent, or revealed. (Fr, Ṣ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: A4

أَتَانَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The affair of the people, which they kept secret, came to our knowledge. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: A5
Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Dissociation: B

نَجِيثٌ What attains its utmost aim (ما بلغ), of praise, or of an encomium. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: B2

نَجِيثٌ A butt at which one shoots, or casts, consisting of earth collected together: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or earth that is taken forth, and of which a butt is constructed, to shoot at, or cast at. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Signification: B3

أَمْرٌ لَهُ نَجِيثٌ An affair that has an evil end, conclusion, issue, or result. (TA.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Dissociation: C

نَجِيثٌ A certain leguminous plant. (Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثٌ Dissociation: D

نَجِيثٌ Slow; tardy. (Ḳ.) [See لَبِيثٌ.]


نَجِيثَةٌ

نَجِيثَةٌ (andنَجِيثٌ↓, TA) The dust, or earth, that is taken forth, or dug out, from a well; (Ṣ;) i. q. نَبِيثَةٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثَةٌ Signification: A2

نَجيثَةٌ What has become apparent, or manifest, of that which is foul, or disgraceful, of news, tidings, or information. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نجث - Entry: نَجِيثَةٌ Dissociation: B

نَجِيثَةٌ Endeavour; effort: (Ḳ:) as also نَكِيثَةٌ. (TA.) So in the phrase بُلِغَتْ نَجِيثَتُهُ [His utmost endeavour, or effort, was exerted, or employed]. (Ḳ.)


نَجَّاثٌ

نَجَّاثٌ andنَجِثٌ↓ One who is in the habit of searching, or seeking, for, or after, things; of inquiring respecting them; of seeking for information respecting them; searching into, inquiring into, investigating, scrutinizing or examining, them: (Ḳ:) a man who searches after news, diligently, or with labour, or perseverance, or time after time, and elicits it; (Aṣ;) as also نَجَّاثٌ عَنِ الأَخْبَارِ. (TA.)


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