Arabic

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Root
ن ج و (n j w)
8 terms

Verb

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نَجَا (najā) I (non-past يَنْجُو (yanjū), verbal noun نَجَاء (najāʔ) or نَجَاة (najāh))

  1. to survive
    • a. 759, Abdullah Ibn Al-Muqaffa’, edited by Taha Hussein, Kalilah wa-Dimnah, Cairo, Egypt: Al-Ma'ārif, published 1941:
      ثُمَّ تَمَاوَتَتْ، وَجَعَلَتْ تَطْفُو عَلَى وَجْهِ المَاءِ مُنْقَلِبَةً، فَأَخَذَاهَا فَأَلْقَيَاهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ، فَوَثَبَتْ فِيهِ فَنَجَتْ مِنْهُمَا
      ṯumma tamāwatat, wajaʕalat taṭfū ʕalā wajhi l-māʔi munqalibatan, faʔaḵaḏāhā faʔalqayāhā ʕalā l-ʔarḍi ḡayra baʕīdin mina n-nahri, fawaṯabat fīhi fanajat minhumā
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  2. to save oneself (often accompanied by بِنَفْسِهِ (binafsihi))

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نَجَا (najā) I (non-past يَنْجُو (yanjū), verbal noun نَجْو (najw) or نَجْوَى (najwā))

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Noun

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نَجًا (najanm

  1. skin, hide
  2. palanquin wood
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