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النشج

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds and actions involving the throat or chest, often associated with suppressed emotion, vocalization, or internal processes. It extends to the flow of water and the sounds of animals or objects.

Derived headwords

النَّشَجnoun
  1. 1.
    watercourseclassical

    A channel or passage for water.

أَنْشَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    watercoursesclassical

    Plural of 'nashaj', referring to multiple channels or passages for water.

نَشَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to choke on tearsboth

    To be choked by weeping in one's throat without audible sobbing.

  2. 2.
    to rumble (donkey)classical

    A donkey repeating its sound in its chest.

  3. 3.
    to boil (pot/waterskin)classical

    For a pot or waterskin to boil its contents until a sound is heard.

  4. 4.
    to modulate (singer)classical

    A singer to pause between two sounds and prolong them.

  5. 5.
    to croak (frog)classical

    A frog to repeat its croaking sound.

نَشِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    choking sound of weepingboth

    The sound of being choked by weeping in the throat without audible sobbing.

النَّوْشَجَانname
  1. 1.
    Nawshajanclassical

    A tribal name or a proper noun.

Parallel reading

ونشج الباكي ينشج نشيجا: غص بالبكاء في حلقه من غير انتحاب
The weeping person choked, making a 'nashaj' sound: he was choked by weeping in his throat without audible sobbing.
والحمار: ردد صوته في صدره
And the donkey: it repeated its sound in its chest.
والقدر، والزق: غلى ما فيه حتى سمع له صوت
And the pot, and the waterskin: its contents boiled until a sound was heard from it.
والمطرب: فصل بين الصوتين ومد
And the singer: he paused between the two sounds and prolonged them.
والضفدع: ردد نقيقه
And the frog: it repeated its croaking.
النَّشَج: مجرى الماء
The 'nashaj': a watercourse.
ج: أنشاج
Plural: 'anshaj'.
والنوشجان: قبيلة، أو د.
And 'Al-Nawshajan': a tribe, or a proper name.