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نغض

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, shaking, and instability. It describes physical actions like trembling, swaying, and agitated motion, often applied to animals, weather phenomena, and even human gait. It also extends to concepts of agitation and a specific type of camel's gait.

Derived headwords

نَغَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move or be agitated; to tremble or shake.

  2. 2.
    to be disturbedboth

    To be in a state of agitation or disturbance.

  3. 3.
    to increaseclassical

    To become numerous or abundant.

نَغَضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or shaking; agitation.

  2. 2.
    tremblingboth

    A state of trembling or shaking.

  3. 3.
    agitationboth

    A state of being disturbed or agitated.

نُغُوضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or shaking; agitation.

  2. 2.
    tremblingboth

    A state of trembling or shaking.

نَغَضَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or shaking; agitation.

  2. 2.
    tremblingboth

    A state of trembling or shaking.

نَغَضٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or shaking; agitation.

  2. 2.
    tremblingboth

    A state of trembling or shaking.

أَنْغَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To cause to move or shake; to agitate.

  2. 2.
    to increaseclassical

    To cause to become numerous or abundant.

تَنَغَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move or shake; to be agitated.

نَاغِضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    movingboth

    Describing something that is moving or shaking, especially clouds.

نُغَاضٌadjective
  1. 1.
    movingboth

    Describing something that is moving or shaking, especially clouds.

نَغَّاضُ البَطْنِnoun
  1. 1.
    folds of the bellyclassical

    Refers to the folds or creases of the belly, described as being beautiful.

نَغَضٌname
  1. 1.
    ostrichclassical

    A proper name for a male ostrich (ظليم), or a specific type of it.

النَّغَضُnoun
  1. 1.
    head shakerclassical

    One who shakes their head or walks with a swaying gait.

  2. 2.
    camel handler's trickclassical

    A specific method of managing camels at a watering hole, involving swapping weak for strong camels.

غُرْضُوفُ الكَتِفِnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulder bladeboth

    The shoulder blade, or the area where it moves.

النَّاغِضُnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulder bladeboth

    The shoulder blade, or the area where it moves.

نَاضَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to crowdclassical

    To be crowded or congested.

النَّاقَةُ العَظِيمَةُ السَّنَامِnoun
  1. 1.
    camel with a large humpclassical

    A female camel with a large hump, which causes it to sway.

Parallel reading

نغض، كنصر وضرب، نغضا ونغوضا ونغضانا ونغضا، محركتين: تحرك، واضطرب
Naghada, like nasara and daraba, (with masdars naghdan, nughoodan, naghadanan, and naghadan, both vocalized): to move, and to be agitated.
كأنغض وتنغض، وحرك، كأنغض، وكثر
As in anghada and tanghadha, and to move, as in anghada, and to increase.
وغيم ناغض ونغاض، ككتان: متحرك بعضه في أثر بعض
And a moving cloud (naaghid and nughaadh, like kattan): one part moving after another.
وكان، صلى الله عليه وسلم، نغاض البطن، أي: معكنه
And he, peace be upon him, had folds of the belly (naghadh al-batn), meaning: its creases.
وكان عكنه أحسن من سبائك الذهب والفضة
And his creases were more beautiful than ingots of gold and silver.
ونغض، ويكسر: اسم للظليم معرفة، أو للجوال منه
And naghadh, and with kasra: is a proper name for the ostrich (dhaleem), or for a specific type of it.
والنغض أيضا: من يحرك رأسه، ويرجف في مشيته
And an-naghadh also: is one who shakes his head, and sways in his gait.
وأن يورد إبله الحوض، فإذا شربت، أخرج من بين كل بعيرين بعيرا قويا، وأدخل مكانه بعيرا ضعيفا
And to bring his camels to the watering place, and when they drink, he removes a strong camel from between every two camels, and replaces it with a weak camel.
وبالضم، ويفتح: غرضوف الكتف، أو حيث يجيء ويذهب منه، كالناغض فيهما
And with damma, and with fatha: the shoulder blade, or where it moves to and fro, like an-naaghidh in both.
وناضر: ازدحم
And naaghadha: to be crowded.
وكصبور: الناقة العظيمة السنام، لأنه إذا عظم، اضطرب
And like saboor: the female camel with a large hump, because when it is large, it sways.