Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَجَا Alvum dejecit; (Mṣb, TA;) ventumve per anum emisit: (TA:) he voided his ordure; or broke wind.

نَجَا, inf. n. نَجَآءٌ, He was quick, or swift, and outstripped. (Ṣ.) See an ex. of the inf. n., voce غولٌ.

نَجَا He became safe, or secure; he escaped. (Mṣb, &c.)

أَنْجَاهُ andنَجَّاهُ↓ He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him. (Ḳ.)

اِسْتَنْجَى He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place [of exit] of his excrement. (Mṣb.)

اِسْتَنْجَوْا: see 8 in art. سعر.

نَجْوٌ and نَجَآءٌ A shower of rain.

See شُوْبُوبٌ and 1.

نجاء A well of which the water is distant [from the mouth]. (O, TA, voce قَرَبٌ.)

نَجْوَةٌ An elevated piece of land. (Mṣb.)

نَجْوَى Secret discourse between two persons or parties. (TA.)

A secret between two persons or parties; as alsoنَجِىٌّ↓. (Ḳ, TA.)

A person, or persons, discoursing secretly, or telling secrets one with another. (TA.)

مَنْجَاةٌ [A cause, or means, of safety: of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, originally مَنْجَوَةٌ; similar to مَفْلَحَةٌ, &c.]. (Ṣ.)