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نجر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root نجر (n-j-r) primarily relates to the act of carving or shaping wood, extending to the profession of carpentry. It also encompasses concepts of heating, intense action, origin, and specific geographical locations or conditions, particularly related to thirst and arid environments.

Derived headwords

نَجَرَverb
  1. 1.
    he carved the woodboth

    he carved the wood

نَجْرnoun
  1. 1.
    he carved the woodboth

    he carved the wood

نَجَّارnoun
  1. 1.
    its maker is a carpenterboth

    its maker is a carpenter

مَنْجَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heated stoneclassical

    A stone that has been heated, used for warming water.

نَجِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heated waterclassical

    Water that has been heated by immersing heated stones in it.

  2. 2.
    butterclassical

    Butter made from fresh milk.

مَنْجَرadjective
  1. 1.
    hard-drivingclassical

    Describing a person who drives camels intensely.

نَجْرَانname
  1. 1.
    Najran is a city in Yemenboth

    Najran is a city in Yemen

نَاجِرname
  1. 1.
    month nameclassical

    A specific month, associated with intense heat and thirst for camels.

Parallel reading

نجر الخشبة ينجرها نجرا: نحتها.
He carved the wood, carving it with a carving.
وصانعه نجار.
And its maker is a carpenter.
والنجار أيضا: قبيلة من الانصار.
And the Najjār is also a tribe from the Ansar.
ونجرت الماء نجرا: أسخنته بالرضفة.
And I heated the water by heating it with a heated stone.
والمنجرة: حجر محمى يسخن به الماء.
And the manjarah is a heated stone used to heat water.
وذلك الماء نجيرة.
And that water is najirah (heated water).
النجيرة: اللبن الحليب يجعل منه سمن.
The najirah is fresh milk from which ghee is made.
والنجر: السوق الشديد.
And the najr is intense driving.
ورجل منجر، أي شديد السوق الابل.
And a man is manjar, meaning one who drives camels intensely.
والنجر: الاصل والحسب، واللون أيضا: وكذلك النجار.
And the najr is the origin and lineage, and also the color: and likewise the Najjār.
كل نجار إبل نجارها.
Every carpenter's camel is its carpenter (meaning it has all sorts of traits).
ونجر: أرض مكة والمدينة.
And Najr is the land of Mecca and Medina.
ونجران: بلد، وهو من المين.
And Najran is a city, and it is from the region of Yemen.
مثل القنافذ هداجون قد بلغت * نجران أو بلغت سوآتهم هجر
Like hedgehogs, slow-moving, they have reached * Najran or reached their destination Hajar.
والنجران: خشبة تدور عليها رجل الباب.
And the najran is a piece of wood around which the door pivot turns.
صببت الماء في النجران حتى * تركت الباب ليس له صرير
I poured water into the najran until * I left the door without a creak.
والنجران: العطشان.
And the najran is the thirsty one.
والنجر، بالتحريك. عطش يصيب الإبل والغنم عن أكل الحبة فلا تكاد تروى من الماء.
And the najr, with vowelization. It is a thirst that afflicts camels and sheep from eating grain, and they can hardly be quenched with water.
يقال نجرت الإبل ومجرت أيضا.
It is said the camels became najir and majir.
حتى إذا ما اشتد لوبان النجر
Until the intensity of the najr became severe.
وهو كل شهر في صميم الحر، لأن الإبل تنجر في ذلك الشهر.
And it is every month in the heart of the heat, because the camels become najir in that month.
صرى آجن يزوي له المرء وجهه * إذا ذاقه الظمآن في شهر ناجر
Stagnant, brackish water makes a person turn away his face * when the thirsty one tastes it in the month of Najir.
وقد يصيب الإنسان النجر من شر اللبن الحامض فلا يروى من الماء.
And a person may experience najr from bad sour milk and not be quenched by water.