نَعْجَةٌ
Root: نعج
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نَعْجَةٌ
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نِعْجَةٌ , accord. to a reading of El-Hasan, وَلِى نِعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, [Kur, xxxviii. 22,] A ewe; the female of the sheep: also, the female of the wild bull: and, of the gazelle: and, of the wild sheep: [but see below:] pl. نِعَاجٌ and نَعَجَاتٌ.
2 نَعْجَةُ الرَّمْلِ The [wild] cow: pl. نِعَاجُ الرَّمْلِ: no other wild animal but the cow is thus called: [but see above]. The Arabs speak of gazelles as though they were goats, terming the male تَيْسٌ; and of wild bulls or cows as though they were sheep, terming the female نَعْجَةٌ.
3 Also نَعْجَةٌ
2 نَعْجَةُ الرَّمْلِ The [wild] cow: pl. نِعَاجُ الرَّمْلِ: no other wild animal but the cow is thus called: [but see above]. The Arabs speak of gazelles as though they were goats, terming the male تَيْسٌ; and of wild bulls or cows as though they were sheep, terming the female نَعْجَةٌ.
3 Also نَعْجَةٌ
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