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نجز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 انجز حَاجَتَهُ ذ , (K,) inf. n. اـِنْجَازٌ; (TA;) and ↓ نَجَزَهَا, (ISk, S, K,) aor. نَجُزَ , inf. n. نَجْزٌ (ISk, S) and نَجَازٌ, or this is a subst. in the sense of اـِنْجَازٌ, like عَطَاآءٌ in that of اـِعْطَاآءٌ; (Har, p. 326;) He accomplished his want: (ISk, S, K:) and حَاجَتَهُ ↓ نَجَّزْتُهُ I accomplished for him his want. (A.) ― -b2- انجز الوَعْدَ, (A, Mgh, CK,) and ↓ نَجَزَهُ, (S,) He fulfilled, or performed, the promise: (S, * A, * Mgh, CK:) or he made the promise to be prompt, or quick, in taking effect. (Msb.) You say also, انجز عَلَىَّ المَوْعِدَ He fulfilled to me the promise; (K, accord. to the TA;) as also ↓ نَجَزَ بِهِ: (TA:) and بِهِ ↓ نَجَزْتُهُ I made it to be prompt, or quick in taking effect to him. (Msb.) [Hence the saying,] أَنْجَزَ حُرٌّ مَا وَعَدَ (S, K) An ingenuous man fulfils what he promises: a proverb: (TA:) alluding to the fulfilment of a promise: and sometimes, to the asking, or demanding, the fulfilment thereof: El-Hárith the son of 'Amr said to Sakhr the son of Nahshal, “ Shall I guide thee to booty and one fifth of it be for me? ” and he answered, “ Yes: ” so he guided him to some people from El-Yemen, and Sakhr made a sudden attack upon them, and engaged with them in conflict, and overcame, and obtained booty; and when he turned back, El-Hárith said to him the above words, and Sakhr fulfilled his promise to him. (K.) ― -b3- انجز عَلَى القَتِيلِ He hastened and completed, or made certain, the slaughter of the slain man; i. q. أَجْهَزَ عَلَيْهِ. (Abu-l-Mikdám Es-Sulamee and K.)

Derived headwords

انجز حَاجَتَهُverb
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انجز الوَعْدَ
انجز عَلَىَّ المَوْعِدَ
أَنْجَزَ حُرٌّ مَا وَعَدَ
انجز عَلَى القَتِيلِ
أَجْهَزَ عَلَيْهِ