نجاص

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص‎ (ʔijjāṣ). Compare Algerian Arabic لنجاص‎ (lanjāṣ), Maltese lanġas and South Levantine Arabic نجاص‎ (njāṣ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɡaːsˤ/

Noun

نجاص • (ngāṣ) m (collective, singulative نجاصة‎ f (ngāṣa), paucal نجاصات‎ (ngāṣāt))

  1. Alternative form of إجاص‎ (ʔijjāṣ): pears

South Levantine Arabic

Noun

نجاص • (njāṣ) m (collective)

  1. Alternative spelling of إنجاص‎ (ʔinjāṣ, “pears”)
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