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نضج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of ripeness, maturity, and completion, particularly in relation to fruits, food, and even opinions. It extends to the idea of reaching a certain stage or time, such as in animal gestation.

Derived headwords

نَضَجَverb
  1. 1.
    the fruit and meat ripened (with kasra), ripening (with damma and fatha on the nun), meaning it matured.both

    the fruit and meat ripened (with kasra), ripening (with damma and fatha on the nun), meaning it matured.

نَضْجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    the fruit and meat ripened (with kasra), ripening (with damma and fatha on the nun), meaning it matured.both

    the fruit and meat ripened (with kasra), ripening (with damma and fatha on the nun), meaning it matured.

نَضِيجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    and ripe.both

    and ripe.

نَاضِجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    so it is ripe.both

    so it is ripe.

أَنْضَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to ripen (something)both

    To cause something to become ripe or mature.

مُنْضِجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ripening agentclassical

    Something that causes ripeness or maturity.

مُنْضِجَاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    things that ripenclassical

    Plural of منضج, referring to things that cause ripeness or maturity.

Parallel reading

نضج الثمر واللحم نضجا ونضجا
The fruit and the meat ripened, reaching ripeness and maturity.
أي أدرك فهو نضيج وناضج
Meaning it reached maturity, so it is ripe and mature.
وأنضجته أنا
And I caused it to ripen.
ورجل نضيج الرأي: محكمه
And a man of mature opinion: its sound judgment.
ونضجت الناقة بولدها، إذا جازت السنة ولم تنتج
And the she-camel completed her term with her offspring, meaning she passed the year and did not give birth.
وصهباء منها كالسفينة نضجت به الحمل حتى زاد شهرا عديدها
And a reddish wine from it, like a ship, had carried the pregnancy until its count increased by a month.
فهي منضج، ونوق منضجات
So it is a cause of ripening, and she-camels that have passed their term.
هو ابن منضجات كن قدما يزدن على العديد قراب شهر
He is the son of (camels) that cause ripening, who previously would exceed the count by about a month.