نجران
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ن ج ر (n-j-r) in the sense نَجْر (najr, “a root or stock or shape or figure”) + ـَان (-ān) the sense of door-sill develops, and the walled city of Nejran, part of the Himyarite Kingdom, that already called it in its Old South Arabian inscriptions 𐩬𐩴𐩧𐩬 (ngrn /nagrānu/), had many gates. The same derivation for the sense of “thirsty” works from نَجْر (najr, “heat; violent thirst”).
Proper noun
نَجْرَان • (najrān) f
- Najran (A city in Saudi Arabia in the southwest close to Yemen)
Declension
Declension of noun نَجْرَان (najrān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | نَجْرَان najrān | — |
| Nominative | — | نَجْرَانٌ najrānun | — |
| Accusative | — | نَجْرَانًا najrānan | — |
| Genitive | — | نَجْرَانٍ najrānin | — |
Noun
نَجْرَان • (najrān) m (obsolete)
- a horizontal piece of wood serving as the foot or sill of a door upon which it turns
Declension
Declension of noun نَجْرَان (najrān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَجْرَان najrān | النَّجْرَان an-najrān | نَجْرَان najrān |
| Nominative | نَجْرَانٌ najrānun | النَّجْرَانُ an-najrānu | نَجْرَانُ najrānu |
| Accusative | نَجْرَانًا najrānan | النَّجْرَانَ an-najrāna | نَجْرَانَ najrāna |
| Genitive | نَجْرَانٍ najrānin | النَّجْرَانِ an-najrāni | نَجْرَانِ najrāni |
Adjective
نَجْرَان • (najrān) (obsolete)
- affected by a heating thirst
Declension
Declension of adjective نَجْرَان (najrān)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | نَجْرَان najrān | النَّجْرَان an-najrān | نَجْرى najrā | النَّجْرى an-najrā |
| Nominative | نَجْرَانُ najrānu | النَّجْرَانُ an-najrānu | نَجْرى najrā | النَّجْرى an-najrā |
| Accusative | نَجْرَانَ najrāna | النَّجْرَانَ an-najrāna | نَجْرى najrā | النَّجْرى an-najrā |
| Genitive | نَجْرَانَ najrāna | النَّجْرَانِ an-najrāni | نَجْرى najrā | النَّجْرى an-najrā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | نَجْرَانَيْن najrānayn | النَّجْرَانَيْن an-najrānayn | نَجْرَيَيْن najrayayn | النَّجْرَيَيْن an-najrayayn |
| Nominative | نَجْرَانَانِ najrānāni | النَّجْرَانَانِ an-najrānāni | نَجْرَيَانِ najrayāni | النَّجْرَيَانِ an-najrayāni |
| Accusative | نَجْرَانَيْنِ najrānayni | النَّجْرَانَيْنِ an-najrānayni | نَجْرَيَيْنِ najrayayni | النَّجْرَيَيْنِ an-najrayayni |
| Genitive | نَجْرَانَيْنِ najrānayni | النَّجْرَانَيْنِ an-najrānayni | نَجْرَيَيْنِ najrayayni | النَّجْرَيَيْنِ an-najrayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | ? ? | ? ? | نَجْرَيَات najrayāt | النَّجْرَيَات an-najrayāt |
| Nominative | ? ? | ? ? | نَجْرَيَاتٌ najrayātun | النَّجْرَيَاتُ an-najrayātu |
| Accusative | ? ? | ? ? | نَجْرَيَاتٍ najrayātin | النَّجْرَيَاتِ an-najrayāti |
| Genitive | ? ? | ? ? | نَجْرَيَاتٍ najrayātin | النَّجْرَيَاتِ an-najrayāti |