نَهَجَ

1.
, (K, Msb,) aorist نَهَجَ , verbal noun نُهُوجٌ; (Msb;) and انهج; (S, K;) It (a road, or way, S and Msb, and an affair, TA,) became manifest, plainly apparent, or open; (S, K, Msb,) and so, with respect to a road, استنهج. (K.)
2.
نَهَجَ, (S, K, Msb,) and انهج, (K, Msb,) He, or it, rendered (a road, S and Msb, and an affair, TA,) manifest, plainly apparent, or open: (S, K, Msb:)
3.
إِعْمَلْ عَلَى مَا نَهَجْتُهُ لَكَ Do according to that which I have made manifest to thee. (S.)
4.
نَهَجَ, aorist نَهَجَ , (verbal noun نَهْجٌ; TA,) and انهج, It (attrition, TA) wore out, or rendered worn out, a garment. (K.)
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نَهِجَ, aorist نَهَجَ ; (A 'Obeyd, S, K;) and نَهَجَ, (K,) but this is disallowed by A 'Obeyd, (S,) and نَهُجَ, and انهج; (K;) It (a garment) became old and worn out: (K:) or انهج signifies it began to become warn out: (S:) and it became old and worn out, but without being rent in several parts. (TA.) انهج فِيهِ البِلَى [The effect of] attrition spread through it. (IAar.)
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نَهَجَ الطَّرِيقَ He went along the road. (S, K.)
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نَهِجَ, aorist نَهَجَ , verbal noun نَهَجُ; (S, K;) and نُهِجَ, verbal noun نَهْجَةٌ; (ISh;) this verbal noun also mentioned by Lth, who knew no verb belonging to it; (L;) and نَهَجَ, aorist نَهِجَ , (K,) verbal noun نَهِيجٌ; (L, in article أنح;) and انهج, verbal noun إِنْهَاجٌ; (L;) He was out of breath; breathed short, or unintermittedly; panted: (S, L, K;) by reason of violent motion: said of a man, and of a beast of carriage, (L,) and of a dog. (T.) One says, فُلَانٌ يَنْهَجُ فِى النَّفَسِ فَمَا أَدْرَِى مَا أَنْهَجَهُ Such a one is out of breath. or breathes short, or unintermittedly, or pants for breath, and I know not what hath caused him to be so, or to do so. And it is said in a tradition, رَأَى رَجُلًا يَنْهَجُ He saw a man breathing short, or unintermittedly, or panting for breath, by reason of fatness, and putting forth his tongue, from fatigue or the like. (S.)

Perseus ID: n40610