Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَجَشَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْجُشُ}, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) inf. n. نَجْشٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) He concealed himself. (Mṣb.)

[And hence, He pursued game, or objects of the chase: (see نَاجِشٌ:) or] he roused game, or objects of the chase, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) and scared them from place to place. (TA.) You say also, نَجَشُوا عَلَيْهِ الصَّيْدَ, meaning, They scared the chase, or game, towards him, and drove and collected it to him. (TA.)

He searched after a thing, and roused it. (Sh, AʼObeyd, Ḳ.) This, accord. to Sh, is the primary signification: [but accord. to Fei, the primary signification is the first given above:] and hence the saying in a trad., لَا تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى تَنْجُسُهَا ثَلٰثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ مَلَكًا The sun does not rise until three hundred and sixty angels rouse it. (TA.)

He drew forth, educed, or elicited. (Ḳ.)

He collected together (Ṣ, Ḳ) camels [&c.] after a state of dispersion. (Ṣ.)

He drove vehemently. (TA.)

نَجَشَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْجُشُ}, (Mṣb, TA,) inf. n. نَجْشٌ (Ṣ, A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and نَجَشٌ, [which is the form generally used by the professors of practical law,] (ISh, Mgh, Ṣgh, TA,) or this is a simple subst., (Mṣb,) He demanded the sale of an article of merchandise for more than its price, (A, Mgh, Mṣb,) not meaning to purchase it, (Mgh, Mṣb,) in order that another might see him and fall into the snare thus laid for him: and in like manner it is used with respect to marriage, [i. e., with respect to dowers,] and other things: (A, Mgh, Mṣb:) and the doing thus is forbidden: (Mgh:) it is from نَجَشَ signifying “he roused” game: (Mgh:) or from the same verb signifying “he concealed himself;” because he who does so conceals his intention: (Mṣb:) or he augmented the price of an article of merchandise, not desiring to purchase it, but in order that another might hear him and augment in the same manner: (AʼObeyd, L:) or he outbade in a sale, in order that another might fall into a snare, he himself not wanting the thing: (Ṣ:) or he augmented the price of an article of merchandise, or praised it, in order that another might see that, and be deceived by him: (Ibráheem El-Ḥarbee:) or he praised an article of merchandise belonging to another in order that he might sell it, or dispraised it in order that it might not be easy for him to sell it: (ISh:) or he concurred with a man desiring to sell a thing, by praising him: (Abu-l-Khattáb, Ḳ:) or he bargained with a man desiring to sell a thing, offering him a large price, in order that another might see him and fall into a snare: or he scared people from one thing to another: (Ḳ:) also, he praised a thing; or praised it exceedingly, or for that which was not in it, or excessively and falsely; syn. مَدَحَ شَيْئًا and أَطْرَاهُ: and he invented, or forged, a lie. (TA.) It is said in a trad., (Ṣ,) لَا تَنَاجَشُوا↓, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb,) i. e., Ye shall not practise نَجْش, or نَجَش: (Mgh, Mṣb:) orتَنَاجُشٌ↓ signifies the bidding one against another, successively increasing their offers, in a sale, or other case; (Ḳ;) for it sometimes signifies the doing so in the case of a dowry, in order that the doing so may be heard, and the amount may consequently be augmented: (TA:) and Sh mentions, with respect to تَنَاجُشٌ↓, on the authority of Aboo-Saʼeed, another thing, which is allowable, namely, [that it signifies the conspiring to promote the marriage of] the woman who has been married and divorced time after time; and [the sale of] the article of merchandise that has been bought time after time and then sold. (TA.)

نَجَاشِىٌّ and نِجَاشِىٌّ: see نَاجِشٌ.

النَّجَاشِى, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) the form preferred by El-Fárábee, (Mgh,) and النَّجَاشِىُّ, (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) which is the more common, (Mṣb,) but the former is the more chaste, (Ṣgh, Ḳ,) and [النِّجَاشِى and النِّجَاشِىُّ] with kesr to the ن, which is said to be the more chaste, (Ḳ,) and is preferred by Th, (TA,) but teshdeed of the ج is a mistake, (Mgh, MF,) The name of the King of the Abyssinians; (IDrd, Ṣ;) like as one says كِسْرَى and قَيْصَرٌ; and Abyssinian word: (IDrd:) or a certain King of the Abyssinians, whose name was أَصْحَمَةُ; (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) [as is commonly said; but authors differ respecting his name;] and IḲt says, that النجاشى is in Coptic اصحمة, meaning “a gift:” (TA:) or originally the proper name of an individual, and afterwards a common title. (MF.)

نَاجِشٌ A pursuer, or capturer, or insnarer, of game, or objects of the chase; (Mṣb;) as alsoنَجِيشٌ↓ andنَجَّاشٌ↓; (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ;) because he conceals himself: (Mṣb:) or [نَاجِشٌ and] نَجَّاشٌ↓ andنَجُوشٌ↓ signify one who rouses the game, or objects of the chase; (Az, TA;) and soمِنْجَشٌ↓ andمِنْجَاشٌ↓: (L:) or نَاجِشٌ andنَجَاشِىٌّ↓ (Akh, Ḳ) [andنِجَاشِىٌّ↓ accord. to some copies of the Ḳ] andمِنْجَاشٌ↓ (Az, Ḳ) one who rouses them in order that they may pass by the pursuer, or capturer, or insnarer, thereof: (Akh, Az, Ḳ:) or نَاجِشٌ signifies one who scares them towards him, and drives and collects them to him: (Ṣ, A, TA:) andنَجَّاشٌ↓ one who drives vehemently; (TA;) or one who urges camels; (A;) or who collects them after a state of dispersion: (Ṣ:) andنَجَّاشِىٌّ↓ [with teshdeed to the ج as well as to the ى,] one who drives, or urges, travelling-camels and other beasts of carriage, in the market-place, to elicit their qualities of pace: (AA, TA:) and this last also signifies [absolutely] one who draws forth, or elicits, a thing. (AʼObeyd, TA.)

Also, One who practises نَجْش, or نَجَش, in an affair of buying and selling: (Mṣb, TA:*) [see 1:] andنَجَّاشٌ↓ one who does so much, or often. (Mṣb.)

قَوْلٌ مَنْجُوشٌ A saying drawn forth, or elicited: (TA:) and a forged saying, in which is falsehood. (IAạr, TA.)