نعج

نَعْجَةٌ ذ , (S, K,) and ↓ نِعْجَةٌ, accord. to a reading of El-Hasan, وَلِى نِعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, [Kur, xxxviii. 22,] (TA,) A ewe; the female of the sheep: (L, K:) also, the female of the wild bull: and, of the gazelle: and, of the wild sheep: (TA:) [but see below:] pl. نِعَاجٌ and نَعَجَاتٌ. (S, K.) ― -b2- نَعْجَةُ الرَّمْلِ The [ wild ] cow: pl. نِعَاجُ الرَّمْلِ: no other wild animal but the cow (accord. to A 'Obeyd, S,) is thus called: (S, K:) [but see above]. The Arabs speak of gazelles as though they were goats, terming the male تَيْسٌ; and of wild bulls or cows as though they were sheep, terming the female نَعْجَةٌ. (AAF.) ― -b3- Also نَعْجَةٌ (tropical:) A woman; as likewise شَاةٌ. (TA.)