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ن ج م

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Occurrences
13
Distinct forms
9

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root نجم. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

أَنْجَمَ It (rain, &c.) left off. (K.)

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نَجْمٌ [A star. ― -b2- Also, An asterism, or constellation: being applied autonomastically to] the Pleiades. (S.) ― -b3- نُجُومٌ [like عِرْقٌ ] signifies also The sprouts from the roots [of a tree, or shrub], before the رَبِيع [meaning either spring or autumn], the heads of which one sees like large needles, clearing the ground. (TA.) See عُسْلُوجٌ . ― -b4- نَجْمٌ also signifies (tropical:) The time when a payment falls due. (Msb.) [Hence, app., an ex. cited voce طىٌّ .] ― -b5- And hence, (Msb,) (tropical:) An instalment: syn. وَظِيفَةٌ . (Mgh, Msb.) See also عَزْلٌ . ― -b6- نَجْمٌ and نَجْمَةٌ A kind of plant, triticum repens or dogs' grass: see ثِيلٌ .

مِنْجَمٌ The beam of a balance; (MA;) the transverse piece of iron, in which is the tongue, of a balance. (S, K.) See عَمُودُ المِيزَانِ .

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Occurrences · 13 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Heights 7:54Quranic text

إِنَّرَبَّكُمُٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَفِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰعَلَىٱلْعَرْشِيُغْشِىٱلَّيْلَٱلنَّهَارَيَطْلُبُهُۥحَثِيثًاوَٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَوَٱلنُّجُومَمُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭبِأَمْرِهِۦٓأَلَالَهُٱلْخَلْقُوَٱلْأَمْرُتَبَارَكَٱللَّهُرَبُّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Reference 7:54

أَلَمْتَرَأَنَّٱللَّهَيَسْجُدُلَهُۥمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَنفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَٱلشَّمْسُوَٱلْقَمَرُوَٱلنُّجُومُوَٱلْجِبَالُوَٱلشَّجَرُوَٱلدَّوَآبُّوَكَثِيرٌمِّنَٱلنَّاسِوَكَثِيرٌحَقَّعَلَيْهِٱلْعَذَابُوَمَنيُهِنِٱللَّهُفَمَالَهُۥمِنمُّكْرِمٍإِنَّٱللَّهَيَفْعَلُمَايَشَآءُ

Reference 22:18

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