نوج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to showing off or hypocrisy in actions, and also to a violent dust storm. It also includes a tribal name and a place name.

Derived headwords

نَاجَverb

1.
to show offclassical
To act ostentatiously or hypocritically, especially in one's deeds.

يَنُوجُverb

1.
to show offclassical
To act ostentatiously or hypocritically, especially in one's deeds.

نَوْجًاnoun

1.
showing offclassical
The act of showing off or hypocrisy in one's deeds.

النَّوْجَةnoun

1.
dust stormclassical
A violent dust storm or whirlwind.

نَاجِ بْنُ يَشْكُرَ بْنِ عَدْوَانَname

1.
Naji bin Yashkur bin Adwanboth
A tribe to which scholars and narrators are attributed.

النَّوَائِحُname

1.
Al-Nawa'ihclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

إذا راءى بعمله

if he showed off with his deed

والنوحة بالفتح: الزوبعة من الرياح

And Al-Nawjah, with the fatha, is a whirlwind of winds.

وناج بن يشكر بن عدوان: قبيلة، ينسب إليها علماء ورواة

And Naji bin Yashkur bin Adwan: a tribe, to which scholars and narrators are attributed.

منهم ريحان بن سعيد الناجي

Among them is Rayhan bin Saeed Al-Naji.

والنوائج: موضع في قول معن بن أوس المزني

And Al-Nawa'ih: a place, in the saying of Ma'n bin Aws Al-Muzani.

إذا هي حلت كربلاء ولعلعا

When it (the caravan) settled in Karbala and La'la'a

فجوز العذيب دونه! فالنوائجا

And the vicinity of Al-'Uthaib before it! Then Al-Nawa'ija.