Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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نجم نجو نح


1. ⇒ نجونجى

نَجَا Alvum dejecit; (Mṣb, TA;) ventumve per anum emisit: (TA:) he voided his ordure; or broke wind.

Root: نجو - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَجَا, inf. n. نَجَآءٌ, He was quick, or swift, and outstripped. (Ṣ.) See an ex. of the inf. n., voce غولٌ.

Root: نجو - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَجَا He became safe, or secure; he escaped. (Mṣb, &c.)


2. ⇒ نجّونجّى

نَجَّوَ see 4.


4. ⇒ انجوانجى

أَنْجَاهُ andنَجَّاهُ↓ He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him. (Ḳ.)


10. ⇒ استنجواستنجى

اِسْتَنْجَى He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place [of exit] of his excrement. (Mṣb.)

Root: نجو - Entry: 10. Dissociation: B

اِسْتَنْجَوْا: see 8 in art. سعر.


نَجْوٌ

نَجْوٌ and نَجَآءٌ A shower of rain.

Root: نجو - Entry: نَجْوٌ Signification: A2
Root: نجو - Entry: نَجْوٌ Signification: A3

نجاء A well of which the water is distant [from the mouth]. (O, TA, voce قَرَبٌ.)


نَجْوَةٌ

نَجْوَةٌ An elevated piece of land. (Mṣb.)


نَجِىٌّ / النَّجِىِّ

نَجِىٌّ: see نَجْوَى.

Root: نجو - Entry: نَجِىٌّ Signification: A2

عُرْيَانُ النَّجِىِّ: see art. عرى.


نَجْوَى

نَجْوَى Secret discourse between two persons or parties. (TA.)

Root: نجو - Entry: نَجْوَى Signification: A2

A secret between two persons or parties; as alsoنَجِىٌّ↓. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: نجو - Entry: نَجْوَى Signification: A3

A person, or persons, discoursing secretly, or telling secrets one with another. (TA.)


مَنْجَاةٌ

مَنْجَاةٌ [A cause, or means, of safety: of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, originally مَنْجَوَةٌ; similar to مَفْلَحَةٌ, &c.]. (Ṣ.)


نَجَيْتُ


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