نجر

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See also: نجز, نخر, and ن ح ر

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ن ج ر (n j r)
5 terms

Verb

نَجَرَ (najara) I (non-past يَنْجُرُ (yanjuru), verbal noun نَجْر (najr))

  1. to make hot, to heat
  2. to be hot, to be calid
  3. to make the نَجِيرَة (najīra) dish
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

نَجْر (najrm

  1. verbal noun of نَجَرَ (najara)
    1. heat
  2. origin, descent, root
  3. shape, form, figure
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Noun

نَجَر (najarm

  1. thirst
Declension

Etymology 2.1

Denominal verb of نَجَّار (najjār, carpenter).

Verb

نَجَرَ (najara) I (non-past يَنْجُرُ (yanjuru), verbal noun نَجْر (najr))

  1. to hew, to plane, to hone
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Verb

نَجَّرَ (najjara) II (non-past يُنَجِّرُ (yunajjiru), verbal noun تَنْجِير (tanjīr))

  1. to hew, to plane, to hone
Conjugation

Etymology 2.3

Noun

نَجْر (najrm

  1. verbal noun of نَجَرَ (najara)
Declension

Etymology 1

Seemingly a metathesis of جُرْن (jurn) – which is regionally also جِرْن (jirn) –, possibly motivated by the unrelated verb نَجَرَ (najara, to hew, to plane) since in a broad sense this is what one does with a mortar.

Noun

نِجْر (nijrm (plural نُجُور (nujūr))

  1. mortar (used with a pestle)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

نَجُرْ (najur) (form I) /na.d͡ʒur/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَارَ (jāra)

Etymology 3

Verb

نجر (form IV)

  1. نُجِرْ (nujir) /nu.d͡ʒir/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)
  2. نُجَرْ (nujar) /nu.d͡ʒar/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)

Etymology 6.1

Verb

نجر (form I)

  1. نَجُرُّ (najurru) /na.d͡ʒur.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of جَرَّ (jarra)
  2. نُجَرُّ (nujarru) /nu.d͡ʒar.ru/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of جَرَّ (jarra)
  3. نَجُرَّ (najurra) /na.d͡ʒur.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of جَرَّ (jarra)
  4. نُجَرَّ (nujarra) /nu.d͡ʒar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of جَرَّ (jarra)
  5. نَجُرِّ (najurri) /na.d͡ʒur.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَرَّ (jarra)
  6. نُجَرِّ (nujarri) /nu.d͡ʒar.ri/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَرَّ (jarra)

Etymology 6.2

Verb

نجر (form IV)

  1. نُجِرُّ (nujirru) /nu.d͡ʒir.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)
  2. نُجَرُّ (nujarru) /nu.d͡ʒar.ru/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)
  3. نُجِرَّ (nujirra) /nu.d͡ʒir.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)
  4. نُجَرَّ (nujarra) /nu.d͡ʒar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)
  5. نُجِرِّ (nujirri) /nu.d͡ʒir.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)
  6. نُجَرِّ (nujarri) /nu.d͡ʒar.ri/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَجَرَّ (ʔajarra)

Etymology 7.1

Verb

نَجْرِ (najri) (form I) /nad͡ʒ.ri/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَرَى (jarā)

Etymology 7.2

Verb

نجر (form II)

  1. نُجَرِّ (nujarri) /nu.d͡ʒar.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَرَّى (jarrā)
  2. نُجَرَّ (nujarra) /nu.d͡ʒar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَرَّى (jarrā)

Etymology 7.3

Verb

نجر (form IV)

  1. نُجْرِ (nujri) /nud͡ʒ.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَجْرَى (ʔajrā)
  2. نُجْرَ (nujra) /nud͡ʒ.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَجْرَى (ʔajrā)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نجر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 641–642
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 243
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1103
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نجر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1108
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نجر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1248