نجس

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See also: نحس

Arabic

Root
ن ج س (n j s)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

نَجُسَ (najusa) I (non-past يَنْجُسُ (yanjusu), verbal noun نَجَاسَة (najāsa))
نَجِسَ (najisa) I (non-past يَنْجَسُ (yanjasu), verbal noun نَجَس (najas))

  1. to be unclean, to be impure
    Antonyms: طَهَرَ (ṭahara), طَهُرَ (ṭahura)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

نَجَّسَ (najjasa) II (non-past يُنَجِّسُ (yunajjisu), verbal noun تَنْجِيس (tanjīs))

  1. to defile, to besmirch
    Antonym: طَهَّرَ (ṭahhara)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Noun

نَجَس (najasm

  1. verbal noun of نَجِسَ (najisa) (form I)
  2. filth, impurity
Declension
Descendants
  • Uzbek: najas

Etymology 1.4

Adjective

نَجِس (najis) (feminine نَجِسَة (najisa), masculine plural نَجِسُون (najisūn), feminine plural نَجِسَات (najisāt), elative أَنْجَس (ʔanjas))

  1. unclean, impure
    Antonym: طَاهِر (ṭāhir)
  2. irremediable
Declension
Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِس (najis).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? najas, najis
Dari reading? najas, najis
Iranian reading? najas, najes
Tajik reading? najas, najis

Adjective

Dari نجس
Iranian Persian
Tajik наҷис, наҷас

نجس (najes) (comparative نجس‌تَر (najes-tar), superlative نجس‌تَرین (najes-tarin))

  1. unclean
  2. filthy
  3. defiled

Synonyms