نعجة

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

نَعْجَة (naʕjaf (plural نِعَاج (niʕāj) or نَعَجَات (naʕajāt))

  1. ewe (female sheep)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:23:
      إِنَّ هَٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلْخِطَابِ
      ʔinna hāḏā ʔaḵī lahu tisʕun wa-tisʕūna naʕjatan wa-liya naʕjatun wāḥidatun fa-qāla ʔakfilnīhā wa-ʕazzanī fi l-ḵiṭābi
      Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, "Entrust her to me," and he overpowered me in speech.

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْجَة (naʕja).

Pronunciation

Noun

نعجة (naʕjam (plural نعجات (naʕjāt))

  1. female equivalent of خروف (ḵrūf): ewe
    Synonym: خروفة (ḵrūfa)