نَاجِشٌ

A pursuer, or capturer, or insnarer, of game, or objects of the chase; (Msb;) as also ↓ نَجِيشٌ and ↓ نَجَّاشٌ; (Ibn-'Abbád, K;) because he conceals himself: (Msb:) or [نَاجِشٌ and] ↓ نَجَّاشٌ and ↓ نَجُوشٌ signify one who rouses the game, or objects of the chase; (Az, TA;) and so ↓ مِنْجَشٌ and ↓ مِنْجَاشٌ: (L:) or نَاجِشٌ and ↓ نَجَاشِىٌّ (Akh, K) [and ↓ نِجَاشِىٌّ according to some copies of the K] and ↓ مِنْجَاشٌ (Az, K) one who rouses them in order that they may pass by the pursuer, or capturer, or insnarer, thereof: (Akh, Az, K:) or نَاجِشٌ signifies one who scares them towards him, and drives and collects them to him: (S, A, TA:) and ↓ نَجَّاشٌ one who drives vehemently; (TA;) or one who urges camels; (A;) or who collects them after a state of dispersion: (S:) and ↓ نَجَّاشِىٌّ [with teshdeed to the ج as well as to the ى,] one who drives, or urges, travelling-camels and other beasts of carriage, in the market-place, to elicit their qualities of pace: (AA, TA:) and this last also signifies [absolutely] one who draws forth, or elicits, a thing. (A'Obeyd, TA.)

-A2- Also, One who practises نَجْش, or نَجَش, in an affair of buying and selling: (Msb, TA: *) [see 1:] and ↓ نَجَّاشٌ one who does so much, or often. (Msb.)