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نجذ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the rearmost teeth, specifically the wisdom teeth, and by extension, the act of biting or holding firmly with them. It extends metaphorically to intense emotions like laughter or anger, and to the concept of being experienced or tested through hardship.

Derived headwords

النَوَاجِذnoun
  1. 1.
    wisdom teethboth

    The rearmost molars, typically four in number, located after the other molars. They are called 'wisdom teeth' because they erupt after puberty and the completion of intellectual maturity.

  2. 2.
    incisorsclassical

    An alternative interpretation, referring to the incisors, especially in the context of intense laughter.

  3. 3.
    all molarsclassical

    Another interpretation, referring to all the molars.

نَاجِذnoun
  1. 1.
    wisdom toothboth

    A single wisdom tooth, one of the rearmost molars.

  2. 2.
    incisorclassical

    An incisor, particularly in the context of a horse.

نَجْذnoun
  1. 1.
    intense bitingclassical

    The act of biting intensely, especially with the wisdom teeth.

  2. 2.
    harsh speechclassical

    Metaphorically, harsh or severe speech.

عَضَّ عَلَى نَاجِذِهِphrase
  1. 1.
    reached maturityclassical

    To have reached one's full strength or maturity, metaphorically linked to the eruption of the wisdom tooth.

  2. 2.
    ragedclassical

    To have engaged in intense laughter or anger.

المُنْجَذّadjective
  1. 1.
    experiencedclassical

    One who is experienced, tested, and knowledgeable through trials and tribulations; one who has endured hardships.

المُنْجَذadjective
  1. 1.
    experiencedclassical

    One who is experienced, tested, and knowledgeable through trials and tribulations; one who has endured hardships.

المُنْجِذadjective
  1. 1.
    experiencedclassical

    One who is experienced, tested, and knowledgeable through trials and tribulations; one who has endured hardships.

الأَنْجَذَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a medicinal plantclassical

    A plant known for its medicinal properties, resistant to poisons, good for joint pain, and acting as a diuretic and emmenagogue (promoting menstruation).

نَجَدَverb
  1. 1.
    insistedclassical

    To insist or urge someone persistently, especially in matters of knowledge or other pursuits.

تَنَاجَذَverb
  1. 1.
    insistedclassical

    To insist or urge each other persistently.

Parallel reading

النواجذ: أقصى الأضراس، وهي أربعة
The nawajidh: the rearmost molars, and they are four.
وتسمى ضرس الحلم، لأنه ينبت بعد البلوغ وكمال العقل
And it is called the wisdom tooth because it erupts after puberty and the completion of reason.
ضحك حتى بدت نواجذه
He laughed until his nawajidh appeared.
عضوا عليها بالنواجذ
Bite down on it with your nawajidh.
أي تمسكوا بها كما يتمسك العاض بجميع أضراسه
Meaning, hold onto it firmly as one who bites holds on with all their molars.
ضحك حتى بدت نواجذه، إذا استغرق فيه
He laughed until his nawajidh appeared, meaning he was engrossed in laughter.
والنجذ: شدة العض بها
And al-najdh: intense biting with them (the nawajidh).
النجذ: الكلام الشديد
Al-najdh: harsh speech.
أبدى ناجذه: بالغ في ضحكه أو غضبه
He showed his naghidh: he exaggerated in his laughter or anger.
عض على ناجذه إذا بلغ أشده
He bit on his naghidh when he reached his full strength.
رجل منجذ ومنجذ: الذي جرب الأمور وعرفها وأحكمها
A man is munjadh and munjadh: one who has experienced matters, known them, and mastered them.
وهو المجرب والمجرب
And he is the experienced and the tested.
الأنجذان: نبات يقاوم السموم، جيد لوجع المفاصل، جاذب مدر للبول، محدر للطمث
ونجذه: ألح عليه
And najadhahu: he insisted upon him.
عض في العلم وغيره بناجذه، إذا أتقنه
He bit with his naghidh in knowledge and other things, meaning he mastered it.
وتناجذوا على كذا: ألحوا
And they insisted upon such-and-such: they were persistent.