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نَجِيثٌ

Root: نجث

Full Definition

نَجِيثٌ A hidden secret.
2 See بَحِيثٌ.
3 بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The secret of the people, which they concealed, became apparent, or revealed.
4 أَتَانَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ The affair of the people, which they kept secret, came to our knowledge.
5 See نَجِيْثَةٌ.

def.2 نَجِيثٌ What attains its utmost aim (ما بلغ), of praise, or of an encomium.
2 نَجِيثٌ A butt at which one shoots, or casts, consisting of earth collected together: or earth that is taken forth, and of which a butt is constructed, to shoot at, or cast at.
3 أَمْرٌ لَهُ نَجِيثٌ An affair that has an evil end, conclusion, issue, or result.

def.3 نَجِيثٌ A certain leguminous plant.

def.4 نَجِيثٌ Slow; tardy. [See لَبِيثٌ.]
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