نَجْمٌ

[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, apparently, an example cited voce طىٌّ.]

And hence, (Msb,) (tropical:) An instalment: synonym وَظِيفَةٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) See also عَزْلٌ.

نَجْمٌ and نَجْمَةٌ A kind of plant, triticum repens or dogs' grass: see ثِيلٌ.