muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarنَغْضٌ نَغَضَانٌ
Core sense — it shook, it moved about, it totteredgenerated
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Muḍāriʿ نَغِضَ and نَغُضَ; maṣdar نَغْضٌ, نُغُوضٌ, نَغَضَانٌ, and نَغَضٌ.
It was, or became, in a state of motion, agitation, or convulsion; it shook, shook about, wobbled, tottered, wagged, or nodded. Synonyms: تَحَرَّكَ and اِضْطَرَبَ فِى ٱرْتِجَافٍ.
انغض and تنغّض mean the same. Said of a man's head.
Also, with نَغْضٌ and نَغَضَانٌ as its maṣdars, said of a camel's saddle, and of the central incisor of a child, or of any tooth — as is also the last of the verbs mentioned above — and of other things.
نَغْضٌ means any moving in a shaking, tremulous, or convulsive manner.
نَغَضَتْ and تَنَغَّضَتْ, said of a tooth, mean the same as رَجَفَتْ.
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Also, with the: he, or it, was, or became, disquieted, agitated, or violently agitated.
1.1.2figurative · مجازthey rose and hastened and went out towards the enemy—نَغَضُوا إِلَى العَدُوِّ
1.1.3figurative · مجازit (a thing) was, or became, dense; or much in quantity; or much in quantity and dense—نَغَضَ
Said of a cloud: it became dense, and then became ready to rain, and was seen to move about, one part into another, without going along; or it was seen to become ready to rain, without motion, not travelling along; or it travelled along. [See نَاغِضٌ below.]
1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhis affair, or case, was, or became, in a weak, or unsound, state—نَغَضَ أَمْرُهُ
Synonym: وَهَى.
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See also form 4, in two places.
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, aor. نَغِضَ , (Ks, S, A, Msb, K,) and نَغُضَ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. نَغْضٌ (S, Msb, K) and نُغُوضٌ (S, K,) and نَغَضَانٌ and نَغَضٌ , (K,) It was or became, in a state of motion, commotion, agitation, or convulsion; it shook; shook about; wabbled; tottered; wagged; nodded; syn. تَحَرَّكَ , (S, A, Msb, K,) and اِضْطَرَبَ , (A, K,) فِى ٱرْتِجَافٍ ; (TA;) as also انغض (Msb, K) and تنغّض : (K:) it is said of a man's head; (S, TA;) and also, (S, A,) with نَغْضٌ and نَغَضَانٌ for its inf. ns., (S,) of a camel's saddle, (S, A,) and of the central incisor (S, TA) of a child, (S,) or of any tooth, as also ↓ the last of the verbs above mentioned; (A;) and of other things; (Msb, TA;) نَغْضٌ signifying any moving in a shaking or tremulous or convulsive manner ( فِى ٱرْتِجَافٍ ); (S, TA;) and نَغَضَتْ and تَنَغَّضَتْ , said of a tooth, being syn. with رَجَفَتْ . (A.) Also, inf. n. نَغَضَانٌ , He, or it, was, or became, disquieted, agitated, or violently agitated. (TA.) نَغَضُوا إِلَى العَدُوِّ They rose and hastened and went forth to, or towards, the enemy. (A, TA.) نَغَضَ also signifies It (a thing, TA) was, or became, dense: (so in some copies of the K) or much in quantity: (so in other copies of the K:) or much in quantity, and dense. (TA.) And It (a cloud) was, or became, dense, and then became ready to rain, and was seen to move about, one part into another, without its going along: (S:) or was seen to become ready to rain, without motion, not travel-ling along: (A:) or it travelled along. (IF.) [See نَاغِضٌ , below.] نَغَضَ أَمْرُهُ His affair, or case, was, or became, in a weak, or unsound, state; syn. وَهَى . (TA.) See also 4, in two places.