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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.

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Moroccan Arabic

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From Arabic نَعْجَة (naʕja).

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نعجة (naʕjam (plural نعجات (naʕjāt))

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