نجاص

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• لنجاص (langāṣ)

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”)