(S, K,) and ↓نَهجٌ (L) and ↓مَنْهَجٌ and ↓مِنْهَاجٌ (S, K) A manifest, plainly apparent, or open, road, or way: (S, L, K:) and so طَرِيقٌ↓نَاهِجَةٌ: (TA, from a tradition:) plural of the first نَهْجَاتٌ and نُهُجٌ and نُهُوجٌ: (L:) [and of the third مَنَاهِج].