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نهج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَهَجَ ذ , (K, Msb,) aor. نَهَجَ , inf. n. نُهُوجٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ انهج; (S, K;) It (a road, or way, S and Msb, and an affair, TA,) became manifest, plainly apparent, or open; (S, K, Msb,) and so, with respect to a road, ↓ استنهج. (K.) ― -b2- نَهَجَ, (S, K, Msb,) and ↓ انهج, (K, Msb,) He, or it, rendered (a road, S and Msb, and an affair, TA,) manifest, plainly apparent, or open: (S, K, Msb:) ― -b3- اـِعْمَلْ عَلَى مَا نَهَجْتُهُ لَكَ Do according to that which I have made manifest to thee. (S.) -A2- نَهَجَ, aor. نَهَجَ , (inf. n. نَهْجٌ; TA,) and ↓ انهج, It (attrition, TA) wore out, or rendered worn out, a garment. (K.) ― -b2- نَهِجَ, aor. نَهَجَ ; (A 'Obeyd, S, K;) and نَهَجَ, (K,) but this is disallowed by A 'Obeyd, (S,) and نَهُجَ, and ↓ انهج; (K;) It (a garment) became old and worn out: (K:) or ↓ انهج signifies it began to become warn out: (S:) and it became old and worn out, but without being rent in several parts. (TA.) انهج فِيهِ البِلَى [ The effect of ] attrition spread through it. (IAar.) -A3- نَهَجَ الطَّرِيقَ He went along the road. (S, K.) -A4- نَهِجَ, aor. نَهَجَ , inf. n. نَهَجُ; (S, K;) and نُهِجَ, inf. n. نَهْجَةٌ; (ISh;) this inf. n. also mentioned by Lth, who knew no verb belonging to it; (L;) and نَهَجَ, aor. نَهِجَ , (K,) inf. n. نَهِيجٌ; (L, in art. أنح;) and ↓ انهج, inf. n. اـِنْهَاجٌ; (L;) He was out of breath; breathed short, or unintermittedly; panted: (S, L, K;) by reason of violent motion: said of a man, and of a beast of carriage, (L,) and of a dog. (T.) One says, فُلَانٌ يَنْهَجُ فِى النَّفَسِ ↓ فَمَا أَدْرَِى مَا أَنْهَجَهُ Such a one is out of breath. or breathes short, or unintermittedly, or pants for breath, and I know not what hath caused him to be so, or to do so. And it is said in a trad., رَأَى رَجُلًا يَنْهَجُ He saw a man breathing short, or unintermittedly, or panting for breath, by reason of fatness, and putting forth his tongue, from fatigue or the like. (S.)

Derived headwords

نَهَجَverb
  1. 1.
اـِعْمَلْ عَلَى مَا نَهَجْتُهُ لَكَ
انهج فِيهِ البِلَى
نَهَجَ الطَّرِيقَ
فُلَانٌ يَنْهَجُ فِى النَّفَسِ
رَأَى رَجُلًا يَنْهَجُ