نجاص

Moroccan Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

لنجاص (langāṣ)

Etymology edit

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ). Compare Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ), Maltese lanġas and South Levantine Arabic نجاص (njāṣ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nɡaːsˤ/

Noun edit

نجاص • (ngāṣ) m (collective, singulative نجاصة f (ngāṣa), paucal نجاصات (ngāṣāt))

Alternative form of إجاص (ʔijjāṣ): pears

South Levantine Arabic edit

Noun edit

نجاص • (njāṣ) m (collective)

Alternative spelling of إنجاص (ʔinjāṣ, “pears”)

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