نجج

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of flowing, oozing, or secreting, particularly bodily fluids like pus or blood. It also extends to meanings of disturbance, agitation, hesitation, and holding back.

Derived headwords

نَجَتِ القُرْحَةُ تَنْجُ نَجًّا ونَجِيجًاverb

1.
to ooze, to flowboth
Used to describe a wound or sore that is secreting fluid, such as pus or blood.

نَجَّverb

1.
to ooze, to flowclassical
Similar to نَجَتِ القُرْحَةُ, describing a wound or sore that is secreting fluid.

نَجِيجًاnoun

1.
oozing, flowingclassical
The act or sound of a wound or sore oozing fluid.

نَجَّverb

1.
to eject, to spit outboth
To expel something from the mouth.

نَجْنَجَverb

1.
to be agitated, to waverboth
To be disturbed or unsettled in one's opinion or decision.

تَنَجْنَجَverb

1.
to be agitated, to waverboth
To be disturbed or unsettled in one's opinion or decision.

تَنَجْنَجَ لَحْمُهُverb

1.
to become flabby and looseclassical
Describing flesh that has become soft, abundant, and relaxed.

نَجْنَجَ أَمْرَهُverb

1.
to hesitate, to delay actionboth
To repeatedly consider a matter without making a firm decision or carrying it out.

نَجْنَجَةnoun

1.
agitation, disturbanceboth
The act of moving or shaking something repeatedly; also, a state of agitation.
2.
hesitation, indecisionboth
The act of wavering or delaying in making a decision or taking action.

نَجْنَجَverb

1.
to stir, to moveboth
To cause something to move or be agitated.

نَجْنَجَهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِverb

1.
to deter, to restrainboth
To prevent someone from doing something or to hold them back.

نَجْنَجَةnoun

1.
restraint, holding backclassical
The act of preventing something from proceeding, especially animals from reaching pasture or water.

نَجْنَجَ إِبِلَهُverb

1.
to turn back (camels)classical
To lead camels away from water or pasture, or to turn them back towards the watering trough.

نَجْنَجَةnoun

1.
reconsideration of opinionclassical
The act of repeatedly thinking over or discussing an opinion or matter.

عَيْنُهُ تَنْجُنُجُverb

1.
eye to sink inclassical
Describing eyes that have become sunken or hollow.

اليَنْجُوجُ والأَنْجُوجُnoun

1.
incense woodclassical
A type of wood used for burning as incense, often with a pleasant fragrance.

نَجَّverb

1.
to be agitated, to waverclassical
To be disturbed or unsettled in one's opinion or decision.

نَجَّverb

1.
to hold back, to restrainclassical
To prevent someone from doing something or to hold them back.

Parallel reading

نجت القرحة تنج، بالكسر، نجا ونجيجا: رشحت؛ وقيل: سالت بما فيها.

The sore oozed, flowing, oozing and a flowing: it seeped; and it was said: it flowed with what was in it.

إذا سال الجرح بما فيه، قيل: نج ينج نجيجا

If a wound flows with what is in it, it is said: it oozes, oozing a flowing.

فإن تك قرحة خبثت ونجت، ... فإن الله يفعل ما يشاء

If a sore becomes corrupt and oozes, ... then God does what He wills.

سأحملك على صعب حدباء «2» حدبار ينج ظهرها أي يسيل قيحا

I will make you ride a difficult, high-backed, towering she-camel whose back oozes, meaning it flows with pus.

وكذلك الأذن إذا سال منها الدم والقيح.

And likewise the ear if blood and pus flow from it.

وأذن نجة: رافضة بما لا يوافقها من الحديث.

And a 'flowing' ear: one that rejects what does not agree with it from the speech.

ويقال: جاء بأدبر ينج ظهره.

And it is said: he came with a stubborn she-camel whose back was flowing.

ونج الشيء من فيه نجا: كمجه.

And he ejected something from his mouth, ejecting: like spitting it out.

ونجنج في رأيه وتنجنج: اضطرب.

And he wavered in his opinion and was agitated: he was disturbed.

وتنجنج لحمه «1» أي كثر واسترخى.

And his flesh became flabby, meaning it became abundant and relaxed.

ونجنج أمره إذا ردد أمره ولم ينفذه؛

And he hesitated with his matter if he repeated his command and did not execute it;

حتى إذا لم يجد وغلا ونجنجها ... مخافة الرمي، حتى كلها هيم

Until he found no one to buy it and hesitated with it... fearing the throwing, until all of them were thirsty.

ونجنج إذا هم بالأمر ولم يعزم عليه.

And he hesitated if he intended the matter and did not resolve upon it.

ونجنجت بالخوف من تنجنجا

And I was agitated by fear from being agitated.

يقال لجلجت اللقمة ونجنجتها إذا حركتها في فيك ورددتها فلم تبتلعها.

It is said: you mumbled the morsel and agitated it if you moved it in your mouth and repeated it without swallowing it.

إذا ذهب بك في الكلام مذهبا على غير الاستقامة، وردك من حال إلى حال

If he led you in speech in a way that was not straight, and turned you from one state to another.

أحاذر نج الخيل فوق سراتها، ... وربا غيورا، وجهه يتمعر

I fear the agitation of the horses above their crests, ... and a jealous lord whose face contorts.

ونجنجه عن ماء حلية، بعد ما ... بدا حاجب الإشراق، أو كاد يشرق

And he restrained him from the water of Hilya, after the brow of dawn appeared, or almost dawned.

ونجنج إبله نجنجة إذا ردها عن الماء.

And he turned his camels back with a turning back if he turned them away from the water.

ونجنج إبله إذا ردها على الحوض؛

And he turned his camels back if he turned them towards the watering trough;

حتى إذا لم يجد وغلا ونجنجها

Until he found no one to buy it and hesitated with it.

ونجنجت عينه غارت.

And his eye sank in.

يكتبين الأنجوج في كبة المشتى، ... وبله أحلامهن وسام

They write the incense wood in the winter's cloak, ... and their dreams and marks.

فتحات منه عود الأنجوج

Incense wood was opened from it.

مجامرهم الألنجوج

Their incense burners are the incense wood.

كأنه يلج في تضوع رائحته، وهو انتشارها.

As if it enters into the diffusion of its scent, which is its spreading.