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نجد

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root نجد (najd) primarily relates to elevated, firm, and solid ground. It extends to concepts of high ground, elevated landforms, and by extension, things that are prominent or significant.

Derived headwords

النَّجْدnoun
  1. 1.
    high groundboth

    What is elevated and firm from the earth, rising, level, solid, and thick.

أَنْجُدnoun
  1. 1.
    fewclassical

    A small جمع (plural) of نجد (najd), similar to the pluralization of فَلْس (fals) to أَفْلُس (aflus).

أَنْجَادnoun
  1. 1.
    high ground (pl.)both

    A plural of نجد (najd), referring to elevated areas of land.

نِجَادnoun
  1. 1.
    ridgeboth

    A ridge, like a mountain, that lies across your path, blocking your view of what is beyond. It is described as being not excessively high.

نُجُودnoun
  1. 1.
    high ground (pl.)both

    A plural of نجد (najd), referring to elevated areas of land.

نَجْدnoun
  1. 1.
    high ground (pl.)classical

    A plural of نجد (najd), referring to elevated areas of land, as narrated by Ibn al-A'rabi.

أَنْجِدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    high ground (pl. of pl.)classical

    A plural of the plural نجاد (nijād), meaning a collection of ridges or elevated areas.

Parallel reading

النَّجْد: ما أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَارْتَفَعَ وَاسْتَوَى وَصَلُبَ وَغَلُظَ
The Najd: what is elevated from the earth, rises, is level, solid, and thick.
ج أَنْجُدٌ جَمْعُ قِلَّةٍ كَفُلْسٍ وَأَفْلُسٍ
Its plural is anjud, a plural of fewness like fuls and aflus.
وَلَا يَكُونُ النِّجَادُ إِلَّا قَفَا مِثْلَ الْجَبَلِ مُعْتَرِضًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يَرُدُّ طَرْفَكَ عَمَّا وَرَاءَهُ
And the nijād is only a ridge like a mountain, obstructing before you, turning your gaze away from what is beyond it.
وَيُقَالُ: اعْلَ تِلْكَ النِّجَادَ وَهَذَا ذَاكَ النِّجَادَ، يُوَحَّدُ
And it is said: Ascend that ridge and this is that ridge, it is used singularly.
وَرَمَيْنَ بِالطَّرْفِ النِّجَادَ الْأَبْعَدَا
And they cast a glance at the farthest ridge.
وَلَيْسَ بِالشَّدِيدِ الِارْتِفَاعِ
And it is not of intense elevation.
وَجَمْعُ النُّجُودِ، بِالضَّمِّ، أَنْجِدَةٌ أَيْ أَنَّهُ جَمْعُ الْجَمْعِ
And the plural of nujūd, with damma, is anjidah, meaning it is a plural of the plural.
وَلَا يَجْمَعُ فَعُولٌ عَلَى أَفْعِلَةٍ
And fa'ūl is not pluralized to af'ilah.
وَمِثْلُهُ نَدَى وَأ
And similar to it is nadā and...