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نشج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes sounds of distress or internal commotion, particularly related to crying, animal vocalizations, or boiling liquids. It also extends to the concept of water channels.

Derived headwords

النَّشَجnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelsclassical

    The plural of 'anšaj', referring to the channels or conduits through which water flows.

  2. 2.
    choking soundboth

    The sound made by someone choking on tears while crying, without audible sobbing.

  3. 3.
    internal soundboth

    A sound produced internally, such as an animal's vocalization or liquid boiling.

أنشاجnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelsclassical

    The plural of 'anšaj', referring to the channels or conduits through which water flows.

نَشَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to choke on tearsboth

    To choke on one's tears while crying, producing a sound in the throat without audible sobbing or wailing.

  2. 2.
    to make a rumbling soundboth

    To make a deep, rumbling sound from within the chest, like a donkey or a boiling pot.

يَنْشُجُverb
  1. 1.
    to choke on tearsboth

    He chokes on his tears while crying, producing a sound in the throat without audible sobbing or wailing.

  2. 2.
    to make a rumbling soundboth

    It makes a deep, rumbling sound from within the chest, like a donkey or a boiling pot.

نَشْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    choking soundboth

    The act or sound of choking on tears while crying.

  2. 2.
    rumbling soundboth

    The act or sound of making a deep, rumbling noise internally.

نَشِيجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    choking soundboth

    The act or sound of choking on tears while crying.

  2. 2.
    rumbling soundboth

    The act or sound of making a deep, rumbling noise internally.

Parallel reading

النشج، بالتحريك: واحد الأنشاج، وهي مجاري الماء.
An-nashaj, with harakah: is one of the anšāj, which are the channels of water.
ونشج الباكي ينشج نشجا ونشيجا، إذا غص بالبكاء في حلقه من غير انتخاب.
And the crying person chokes (yanshuju) with a choking sound (nashjan wa nashījan) if he chokes on his crying in his throat without audible sobbing.
ونشج الحمار بصوته نشيجا: ردده في صدره.
And the donkey made a rumbling sound (nashījan) with its voice: it repeated it in its chest.
وكذلك نشج الزق والحب والقدر، إذا غلى ما فيه حتى يسمع له صوت.
And likewise, the waterskin, the jar, and the pot made a sound (nashaja), if what was inside boiled until a sound was heard from it.