النجس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of impurity, uncleanness, and contamination, both physical and spiritual. It extends to describe persistent or incurable conditions and practices related to warding off evil spirits.

Derived headwords

النَجِسadjective

1.
impure, uncleanboth
The opposite of pure or clean. It describes something that is physically or ritually unclean.

نَجِسَverb

1.
to be impure, to become uncleanboth
To become impure or unclean, either physically or ritually.

أَنْجَسَverb

1.
to make impureboth
To cause something to become impure or unclean.

نَجَّسَverb

1.
to make impureboth
To render something impure or unclean.

تَنَجَّسَverb

1.
to become impureboth
To become impure or unclean, often as a result of an action.
2.
to cleanse oneself of impurityclassical
To perform an action that removes oneself from a state of impurity.

نَاجِسadjective

1.
incurable, persistentclassical
Describing a disease or condition that is persistent and from which one does not recover.

نَجِيسadjective

1.
incurable, persistentclassical
Describing a disease or condition that is persistent and from which one does not recover.

التَّنْجِيسnoun

1.
amulet against jinnclassical
A name for something like filth, bones of the dead, or a menstruating woman's rag, which was hung on someone feared to be afflicted by jinn.

Parallel reading

ضد الطاهر

the opposite of pure

وقد نجس، كسمع وكرم

and he became impure, like 'samea' and 'karuma'

وأنجسه ونجسه فتنجس

and he made it impure, and he made it impure, so it became impure

وداء ناجس ونجيس، إذا كان لا يبرأ منه

and an incurable disease, persistent and incurable, if one does not recover from it

وتنجس: فعل فعلا يخرج به عن النجاسة

and he cleansed himself: he did an act by which he exited impurity

والتنجيس: اسم شيء من القذر، أو عظام الموتى، أو خرقة الحائض كان يعلق على من يخاف عليه من ولوع الجن به

And al-Tanjis: the name for something of filth, or the bones of the dead, or a menstruating woman's rag, which was hung on one who was feared to be afflicted by the jinn

المعوذ منجس

The amulet is a ward against impurity/jinn