نجا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ج و (n-j-w).

Verb

نَجَا (najā) I, non-past يَنْجُو‎ (yanjū)

  1. to survive
    • a. 759, Abdullah Ibn Al-Muqaffa’, Taha Hussein, editor, Kalilah wa-Dimnah, Cairo, Egypt: Al-Ma'ārif, published 1941:
      ثُمَّ تَمَاوَتَتْ، وَجَعَلَتْ تَطْفُو عَلَى وَجْهِ المَاءِ مُنْقَلِبَةً، فَأَخَذَاهَا فَأَلْقَيَاهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ، فَوَثَبَتْ فِيهِ فَنَجَتْ مِنْهُمَا
      ṯumma tamāwatat, wajaʕalat taṭfū ʕalā wajhi l-māʔi munqalibatan, faʔaḵaḏāhā faʔalqayāhā ʕalā l-ʔarḍi ḡayra baʕīdin mina n-nahri, fawaṯabat fīhi fanajat minhumā
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  2. to save oneself (often accompanied by بنفسه)

Conjugation

Verb

نَجَا (najā) I, non-past يَنْجُو‎ (yanjū)

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Conjugation

Noun

نَجًا (najan) m

  1. skin, hide
  2. palanquin wood

References

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