نجف
العربية
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نجف¹
Where it comes from
From the root ن ج ف (n j f) originally stemming from the butting together of horns; hence the wide semantic range "to push or thrust", "to gore or stab", "to knock about", "to be pushed about".
verb نَجَفَ · najafa · يَنْجُفُ · نَجْف · نَاجِف
- to fashion a point or tip
- to carve or sharpen an arrow
- to make a broad spearhead
- to cut down (a tree) at the root
- to dig (a well) (and widen its bottom)
- to scour (rocks) (of the wind)
- to milk (a sheep) dry
- to drain (a well)
verb نَجَفَ · najafa · يَنْجُفُ · نِجَاف · نَاجِف
- to bolt or to lock a door
- to barricade, to set up a blockade
- to shield or block
- to push back, to be a barrier or resistance against another thing
verb نَجَّفَ · najjafa · يُنَجِّفُ · تَنْجِيف · مُنَجِّف
- to be blown by the wind
- to drift, to be pushed
- to shake, to be knocked about
- to push up into a heap
noun نَجَف · najaf · نِجَاف · النَّجَف
- elevated place not reached by water, hill, dike
- embankment, battlement
- dune especially those that drift or are pushed around or formed by the wind
نجف²
Where it comes from
From دُرّ النَجَف (durr an-najaf, “the pearls of Najaf”), named from the city Najaf, the surrounding hills of which are famed for their abundant quartz deposits.
noun نَجَف · najaf · نَجَفَة · النَّجَف
- quartz, crystal
- chandelier
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