نَعْجَةٌ

, (S, K,) and ↓ نِعْجَةٌ, according to a reading of El-Hasan, وَلِى نِعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, [Qur'an, 38:22,] (TA,) A ewe; the female of the sheep: (L, K:) also, the female of the wild bull: and, of the gazelle: and, of the wild sheep: (TA:) [but see below:] plural نِعَاجٌ and نَعَجَاتٌ. (S, K.)

نَعْجَةُ الرَّمْلِ The [wild] cow: plural نِعَاجُ الرَّمْلِ: no other wild animal but the cow (according to A 'Obeyd, S,) is thus called: (S, K:) [but see above]. The Arabs speak of gazelles as though they were goats, terming the male تَيْسٌ; and of wild bulls or cows as though they were sheep, terming the female نَعْجَةٌ. (AAF.)

Also نَعْجَةٌ (tropical:) A woman; as likewise شَاةٌ. (TA.)