نرج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root نرج (nrj) primarily relates to concepts of movement, speed, and sometimes deception or trickery. It extends to tools used for threshing, agricultural processes, and abstract ideas like disagreement and gossip. Some derived terms also refer to specific animals, people, or even places.

Derived headwords

النورجnoun

1.
plowshareclassical
A plowshare, a part of a plow used for tilling the soil.
2.
threshing toolclassical
A tool used for threshing grain, made of wood or iron.
3.
mirageclassical
A mirage, an optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water.

نرجverb

1.
to thresh grainclassical
To thresh grain using a tool like the نيرج (nirj).

النيرجnoun

1.
threshing toolclassical
A tool used for threshing grain, made of wood or iron. The plural is النوارج (al-nawārij).
2.
swift runnerclassical
A swift-running she-camel, known for its speed.
3.
deceiverclassical
A slanderer or talebearer.
4.
swiftnessclassical
Speed and quickness, especially in movement with repetition or oscillation.

النوارجnoun

1.
threshing toolsclassical
The plural of النيرج (al-nirj), referring to tools used for threshing grain.

النورجةnoun

1.
back and forthclassical
Movement back and forth, or coming and going.
2.
gossipclassical
Gossip or talebearing, characterized by moving between people.

النيرجةnoun

1.
back and forthclassical
Movement back and forth, or coming and going.
2.
gossipclassical
Gossip or talebearing, characterized by moving between people.

النيرجnoun

1.
talebearerclassical
A person who spreads gossip or slander.

نيرجاadverb

1.
swiftly and repeatedlyclassical
Moving swiftly with repetition or oscillation; running back and forth quickly.

النيرنجnoun

1.
deceptive trickclassical
A deceptive trick or illusion, like magic but not truly supernatural.

النيرنجياتnoun

1.
deceptive tricksclassical
Plural of النيرنج (al-nirinj), referring to deceptive tricks or illusions.

النارنجnoun

1.
bitter orangemodern
The fruit of the bitter orange tree, a Persian loanword.

ريح نيرجnoun

1.
galeclassical
A strong, stormy wind.

امرأة نيرجnoun

1.
cunning womanclassical
An exceptionally cunning and resourceful woman.

النيرجnoun

1.
embroideryclassical
A type of embroidery or woven pattern.

Parallel reading

النورج: سكة الحراث، كالنيرج

The nurj: the plowshare, like the nirj.

ونرج: داس الطعام بالنيرج

And he threshed the food with the nirj.

كل ذالك (ما يداس به الأكداس)، جمع كدس، وهي الصبرة الكبيرة من الزرع، (من خشب كان أو حديد)، بيان لما يداس به.

All of that is (what is used to thresh the heaps), the plural of kuds, which is a large pile of grain, (whether made of wood or iron), specifying what is used for threshing.

النيرج: خاذا الذي يدرس به الحب، من حديد وخشب، والجمع النوارج

The nirj: that which is used to thresh grain, made of iron and wood, and the plural is al-nawārij.

أيا ليت لي نجدا وطيب ترابها. وهاذا الذي تجري عليه النوارج.

Oh, I wish I had the highlands and the good soil of its land. And this is what the threshing tools are used upon.

والنورجة والنيرجة: الاختلاف إقبالا وإدبارا، وكذا في الكلام: وهي النميمة والمشي بها

And al-nurja and al-nirja: disagreement coming and going, and likewise in speech: it is gossip and spreading it.

النيرج: النمام

Al-nirj: the slanderer.

والنيرج: الناقة الجواد لسرعتها في عدوها.

And al-nirj: the excellent she-camel for its speed in running.

فلان عدا عدوا نيرجا، أي بسرعة وتردد

So-and-so ran a nirj run, meaning with speed and repetition.

يقال: أقبلت الوحش والدواب نيرجا، وهي تعدو نيرجا: وهي سرعة في تردد.

It is said: the wild animals and beasts approached nirjan, and they were running nirjan: which is speed with repetition.

كل سريع نيرج.

Everything fast is nirj.

ظل يباريها وظلت نيرجا

He kept pace with her, and she kept going nirjan.

نيرجها: جامعها

Nirjaha: he had intercourse with her.

النيرنج، بإسقاط النون الثانية: أخذ، بضم ففتح كالسحر، وليس به.

Al-nirinj, by omitting the second noon: a taking, with damma then fatha, like magic, but it is not.

وهي النيرنجيات.

And these are the nirinjiyyat (deceptive tricks).

وشادن قلت له صف لنا بستاننا الزاهي ونارنجنا فقال لي: بستانكم جنة ومن جنى النارنج نارا جنى

And a beautiful youth, I said to him, 'Describe to us our flourishing garden and our bitter oranges,' and he said to me: 'Your garden is paradise, and whoever picks the bitter orange picks fire.'

إن في بستاننا نارنجنا من جنى نارنجنا نارا جنى

Indeed, in our garden is our bitter orange; whoever picks our bitter orange picks fire.

ريح نيرج ونورج: عاصف.

A wind of nirj and nurj: stormy.

وامرأة نيرج: داهية منكرة

And a woman of nirj: an exceptionally cunning and strange one.

والنيرج: ضرب من الوشي

And al-nirj: a type of embroidery.