ن • ج • م

It (rain, &c.) left off. (K.)

The beam of a balance; (MA;) the transverse piece of iron, in which is the tongue, of a balance. (S, K.) See عَمُودُ المِيزَانِ.

[A star. Also, An asterism, or constellation: being applied autonomastically to] the Pleiades. (S.) نُجُومٌ [like عِرْقٌ] signifies also The sprouts from the roots [of a tree, or shrub], before the رَبِيع [meaning either spring or autumn], the heads of which one sees like large needles, clearing the ground. (TA.) See عُسْلُوجٌ. نَجْمٌ also signifies (tropical:) The time when a payment falls due. (Msb.) [Hence, app., an ex. cited voce طىٌّ.] And hence, (Msb,) (tropical:) An instalment: syn. وَظِيفَةٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) See also عَزْلٌ. نَجْمٌ and نَجْمَةٌ A kind of plant, triticum repens or dogs' grass: see ثِيلٌ.