See also: نحس

Arabic

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Root
ن ج س (n j s)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Verb

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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)
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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

  1. to defile, to besmirch
    Antonym: طَهَّرَ (ṭahhara)
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  • Maltese: niġġes

Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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نَجَس (najasm

  1. verbal noun of نَجِسَ (najisa) (form I)
  2. filth, impurity
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Etymology 1.4

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Adjective

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

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَجِس (najis).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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Dari نجس
Iranian Persian
Tajik наҷис, наҷас

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

  1. unclean
  2. filthy
  3. defiled

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