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النواجذ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the back teeth, specifically the molars, and by extension, the act of biting or chewing forcefully. It also extends to concepts of intensity, experience, and resilience, particularly in the context of enduring hardship or poisons.

Derived headwords

النَوَاجِذnoun
  1. 1.
    back teethboth

    The rearmost molars, typically considered to be four in number.

  2. 2.
    caninesclassical

    Alternatively, it can refer to the canine teeth.

  3. 3.
    teeth next to caninesclassical

    Or, it may refer to the teeth immediately following the canine teeth.

  4. 4.
    all molarsclassical

    In some interpretations, it encompasses all the molars.

نَاجِذnoun
  1. 1.
    molar toothboth

    A single back tooth, specifically a molar.

نَجْذnoun
  1. 1.
    intense bitingclassical

    The act of biting with great force or intensity.

  2. 2.
    harsh speechclassical

    Speech that is severe, harsh, or forceful.

عَضَّ عَلَى نَاجِذِهِphrase
  1. 1.
    reached his peakclassical

    An idiom signifying that someone has reached the height of their strength, power, or maturity.

مُنْجَذّadjective
  1. 1.
    experiencedclassical

    Someone who is experienced, particularly through having faced many trials and tribulations.

  2. 2.
    tested by hardshipclassical

    One who has endured many adversities and calamities.

مُنَاجِذnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'jaladh'classical

    This is a plural form, but it refers to the word 'جلذ' (jaladh) and is considered a plural from a different root, not directly from 'نجذ'.

أَنْجَذَانnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant known for its resistance to poisons, beneficial for joint pain, and possessing properties that induce menstruation and act as a purgative.

  2. 2.
    white varietyclassical

    The white variety of this plant is known as 'Al-Ashtarghaz', described as a softening and cutting agent.

نَجَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to urgeclassical

    To urge someone persistently or to press them strongly.

Parallel reading

النواجذ: أقصى الأضراس، وهي أربعة، أو هي الأنياب، أو التي تلي الأنياب، أو هي الأضراس كلها، جمع ناجذ.
The Nawaajidh: the rearmost molars, which are four, or they are the canines, or those next to the canines, or they are all the molars, the plural of naajidh.
والنجذ: شدة العض بها، والكلام الشديد، وعض على ناجذه: بلغ أشده.
And al-Najdh: intense biting with them, and harsh speech, and 'adhaa 'alaa naajidhihi': he reached his peak.
والمنجذ، كمعظم: المجرب، والذي أصابته البلايا.
And al-Munjadh, like Mu'dham: the experienced, and he who has been afflicted by calamities.
والمناجذ: في: ج ل ذ، لأنه جمع"جلذ" من غير لفظه.
And al-Manaajidh: is in (the entry for) J-L-DH, because it is a plural of 'jaladh' from a word not of its own form.
والأنجذان، بضم الجيم: نبات يقاوم السموم، جيد لوجع المفاصل، جاذب مدر محدر للطمث، وأصل الأبيض منه الأشترغاز، مقطع ملطف.
And al-Anjadhaan, with damma on the jim: a plant that resists poisons, good for joint pain, attractive, emmenagogue, and abortifacient, and the white variety of it is Al-Ashtarghaz, a softening and cutting agent.
ونجذه: ألح عليه.
And Najadhuhu: he urged him.