نَجِسَ
Root: نجس
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَجِسَI
, Present.T
ـَ; and نَجَسَ, Present.T
ـُ; and نَجُسَ, Present.T
ـُ accord. to some, but the books of good repute are silent respecting this last; Verbal.Noun نَجَسٌ, of the first; and نَجَاسَةٌ, or this last is a simple subst. [as the verb نَجُسَ to which by rule it should belong is not of good authority]; It was, or became, unclean, dirty, filthy, or impure; [i. e.,] contr. of
طَهَرَ, or طَهُرَ: نَجَاسَة is of two kinds; one kind is perceived by sense; and one kind is perceived by the mind; of which latter kind is that which is attributed, in the Kur, ix. 28, to those who assert God to have associates: but in this latter sense, it is said by Z, to be tropical. [See also نَجَاسَةٌ below.] You also say, تنجّس , meaning, It was, or became, rendered unclean, dirty, filthy, or impure.
def.2 نَجْسٌ, [app. an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is نَجَسَ,] The making a child's عُودَة [or amulet, of any of the kinds described below, voce تَنْجِيسٌ].
def.2 نَجْسٌ, [app. an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is نَجَسَ,] The making a child's عُودَة [or amulet, of any of the kinds described below, voce تَنْجِيسٌ].
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