نَجِسٌ
Root: نجس
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نَجِسٌ
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نَجَسٌ and
نَجُسٌ and
نَجْسٌ and
نِجْسٌ Unclean, dirty, filthy, or impure: the last of these is only used when the word is preceded or followed by رِجْسٌ: or only when it is preceded by رِجْسٌ: but this remark correctly applies only to the greater number of instances: the second of the above five forms is an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet; and is [therefore] used as sing. and dual. and pl. and masc. and fem., without variation: [and the first and last are also used as pls., as will be seen below; but when so used, I suppose قَوْمٌ or some other coll. gen. n. to be understood:] the pl. [of every one of the other forms] is أَنْجَاسٌ and [of the fourth and fifth, and perhaps of the first and third also, though I do not remember similar instances,] نِجْسَةٌ. [See also نَجَاسَةٌ, below.] نَجِسٌ and
نَجْسٌ [&c.], applied to a man, signify Unclean, &c., [both properly and tropically]. [The two following examples are said in the A to be tropical.] النَّاسُ أَجْنَاسٌ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ أَنْجَاسٌ
def.2 Also, all the above forms, A man having an incurable disease.
2 See also نَاجِسٌ.
def.2 Also, all the above forms, A man having an incurable disease.
2 See also نَاجِسٌ.
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