Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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نَجْلَآءُ

طَعْنَةٌ نَجْلَآءُ A wide wound with a spear or the like. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce رُبَّ.

Root: نجل - Entry: نَجْلَآءُ Signification: A2

عَيْنٌ نَجْلَآءُ A wide eye; pl. عُيُونٌ نُجْلٌ. (TA.) See a verse in art. فرغ (conj. 4).


مِنْجَلٌ

مِنْجَلٌ A reaping-hook. (Mgh; and Ṣ, Ḳ, voce مِحْصَدٌ.) It has a toothed, or serrated, edge: (A, art. حز; and Ḳ, art. اشر:) and is sometimes plain. (Ḳ, voce مِحَشٌّ, and M and L, voce سِنٌّ.) See مِخْلَبٌ and دَرَهْرَهَةٌ.

Root: نجل - Entry: مِنْجَلٌ Signification: A2

[A reaping-hook: or a pruning-hook: sometimes signifying the latter:] an iron implement, having teeth, with which seed-produce is cut: or one with which the wood, or branch, is cut off from the tree, and cast down, or away. (TA.)


نَجيلٌ

نَجيلٌ: see طَحْمَآءُ.


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