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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