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نجز

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of completion, fulfillment, and arrival, often in relation to promises, tasks, or events. It also extends to meanings of passing away, finishing, and confronting or fighting.

Derived headwords

نَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be completedboth

    The action or state of being finished, concluded, or fulfilled.

  2. 2.
    to finishclassical

    To bring something to an end or completion.

نَجَزَ الكلامverb
  1. 1.
    speech was cut offclassical

    Refers to speech becoming interrupted or ceasing.

نَجَزَ الوعدverb
  1. 1.
    the promise was fulfilledboth

    Indicates that a promise has been met or realized.

نَجَزَ الحاجةverb
  1. 1.
    to fulfill a needboth

    To satisfy or accomplish a requirement or task.

نَجَزَ الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    the thing passed awayclassical

    Signifies that something has ceased to exist, finished, or gone.

أَنْجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to fulfillboth

    To bring to completion or fulfillment, especially a promise or task.

  2. 2.
    to accomplishboth

    To successfully bring something to an end or achieve a goal.

إِنْجَازnoun
  1. 1.
    fulfillmentboth

    The act of completing or fulfilling a promise, task, or obligation.

  2. 2.
    completionboth

    The state of being finished or brought to an end.

إِنْجَازُكَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    your fulfillment of itclassical

    Refers to the act of fulfilling a specific promise or obligation by the person addressed.

نَاجِزadjective
  1. 1.
    presentboth

    Describing something that is immediate, present, or happening now.

  2. 2.
    immediateboth

    Occurring or done without delay.

  3. 3.
    fulfilledclassical

    Having been completed or brought to fruition.

نَجِيزadjective
  1. 1.
    immediateclassical

    Happening or done without delay; prompt.

  2. 2.
    fulfilledclassical

    Completed or realized.

اسْتَنْجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to demand fulfillmentboth

    To ask for or request the completion or fulfillment of something promised or owed.

تَنَجَّزَverb
  1. 1.
    to hasten to drinkclassical

    To drink something with insistence or eagerness.

  2. 2.
    to seek fulfillmentboth

    To pursue or request the completion of something promised.

نَاجِزًا بِنَاجِزphrase
  1. 1.
    immediate for immediateboth

    An exchange or transaction that is immediate, hand-to-hand, or on the spot.

مُنَاجَزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    confrontation in battleclassical

    The act of dueling or engaging in close combat, especially between two warriors.

  2. 2.
    fightingclassical

    Engaging in combat or conflict.

المُنَاجِزadjective
  1. 1.
    duelingclassical

    Engaged in a duel or close combat.

تَنَاجَزَ القومverb
  1. 1.
    people shed each other's bloodclassical

    Describes a situation where a group of people engage in mutual bloodshed, implying rapid or intense conflict.

نَاجِزadjective
  1. 1.
    finishedclassical

    Having come to an end or been completed.

نَجْزnoun
  1. 1.
    fulfillmentboth

    The act of completing or satisfying a promise or need.

نَجَزَ حاجتهverb
  1. 1.
    he fulfilled his needboth

    He accomplished or satisfied his requirement or task.

نَجَزَ الوعدverb
  1. 1.
    the promise was fulfilledboth

    The commitment made was honored or completed.

أَنْجَزَ حُرٌّ ما وَعَدَphrase
  1. 1.
    a free person fulfills what they promisedclassical

    An expression indicating that a person of integrity will keep their word.

أَوْجَزَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to hasten upon himclassical

    To act quickly or decisively against someone.

أَجْهَزَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to finish him offclassical

    To deliver a final blow or complete the action of killing or defeating someone.

نَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be finishedclassical

    To come to an end; to be completed or gone.

نَجَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to fulfillboth

    To accomplish or satisfy a need or promise.

Parallel reading

ونجز الوعد ينجز نجزا: حضر
And the promise is fulfilled, it is fulfilled with fulfillment: it has arrived.
كأن نجز فني وانقضى، وكأن نجز قضى حاجته
It is as if 'najaza' means to perish and pass away, and as if 'najaza' means to fulfill one's need.
وقد أنجز الوعد ووعد ناجز ونجيز وأنجزته أنا ونجزت به
And the promise has been fulfilled, and it is a present promise and an immediate promise, and I fulfilled it, and it was fulfilled by me.
وإنجازكه: وفاؤك به
And your fulfillment of it: your faithfulness to it.
ونجز الحاجة وأنجزها: قضاها
And he fulfilled the need and accomplished it: he satisfied it.
وأنت على نجز حاجتك ونجزها، بفتح النون وضمها، أي على شرف من قضائها
And you are on the verge of fulfilling your need and its fulfillment, with 'nun' open and closed, meaning on the verge of its completion.
واستنجز العدة والحاجة وتنجزه إياها: سأله إنجازها واستنجحها
And he sought the fulfillment of the promise and the need, and asked for its fulfillment and its success.
وقالوا أبيعكه الساعة ناجزا بناجز أي معجلا
And they said, 'I sell it to you now, immediate for immediate,' meaning without delay.
والناجز: الحاضر
And the 'najiz' (present): the one who is present.
ناجزا بناجز كقولك: يدا بيد وعاجلا بعاجل
'Immediate for immediate' like your saying: hand to hand and immediate for immediate.
ركض الشموس ناجزا بناجز
The running of the suns, immediate for immediate.
وإذا تباشرك الهموم ... فإنه كال وناجز
And if worries greet you... then it is like and present.
إنما ذلك إذا فعل شيئا ففعلت مثله لا يقدر أن يفوتك ولا يجوزك في كلام أو فعل
It is only when he does something and you do its like, that he cannot escape you nor surpass you in word or deed.
لا تبيعوا حاضرا بناجز
Do not sell present for immediate.
إلا ناجزا بناجز أي حاضرا بحاضر
Except immediate for immediate, meaning present for present.
ولأنجزنك نجيزتك أي لأجزينك جزاءك
And I will surely fulfill your reward, meaning I will surely recompense you your reward.
والمناجزة في القتال: المبارزة والمقاتلة
And 'munajaza' in fighting: is dueling and combat.
وهو أن يتبارز الفارسان فيتمارسا حتى يقتل كل واحد منهما صاحبه أو يقتل أحدهما
And it is when two horsemen duel and fight until each one kills his companion or one of them is killed.
كالهندواني المهند ... هزه القرن المناجز
Like the Indian sword, sharpened... stirred by the dueling adversary.
وتناجز القوم: تسافكوا دماءهم كأنهم أسرعوا في ذلك
And the people engaged in mutual bloodshed: they shed each other's blood as if they hastened in that.
وتنجز الشراب: ألح في شربه
And he drank the beverage eagerly: he insisted on drinking it.
والتنجز: طلب شيء قد وعدته
And 'tanjuz': is seeking something you have been promised.
ثلاث تدعهن أو لأناجزنك
Three things you must leave, or I will confront you.
إذا أردت المحاجزة فقبل المناجزة
If you want to hold back, then precede it with confrontation.
ونجز ونجز الشيء: فني وذهب فهو ناجز
And 'najaza' and 'najaza' the thing: it perished and went, so it is 'najiz' (finished).
فملك أبي قابوس أضحى وقد نجز
So the reign of Abu Qabus became, and it had ended.
ونجزت الحاجة إذا قضيت، وإنجازكها: قضاؤها
And the need was fulfilled when it was satisfied, and your fulfillment of it: its satisfaction.
ونجز حاجته ينجزها، بالضم، نجزا: قضاها
And he fulfilled his need, he fulfills it, with 'damm', a fulfillment: he satisfied it.
أنجز عليه وأوجز عليه وأجهز
He acted decisively against him, and hastened upon him, and finished him off.