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نَجْمٌ

Root: نجم

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نَجْمٌ [A star.
2 Also, An asterism, or constellation: being applied autonomastically to] the Pleiades.
3 نُجُومٌ [like عِرْقٌ] signifies also The sprouts from the roots [of a tree, or shrub], before the رَبِيع [meaning either spring or autumn], the heads of which one sees like large needles, clearing the ground. See عُسْلُوجٌ.
4 نَجْمٌ also signifies The time when a payment falls due. [Hence, app., an ex. cited voce طىٌّ.]
5 And hence, An instalment: syn. وَظِيفَةٌ. See also عَزْلٌ.
6 نَجْمٌ and نَجْمَةٌ A kind of plant, triticum repens or dogs' grass: see ثِيلٌ.
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