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نَجْمَة
star /ˈnad͡ʒ.ma/
nounB1#2895 most common
Also: celebrity, star performer, asterisk (symbol)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ نَجْمَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful star.
أَرَى نَجْمَةً فِي السَّمَاءِ اللَّيْلَةَ.
I see a star in the sky tonight.
رَسَمَتِ الْبِنْتُ نَجْمَةً صَفْرَاءَ عَلَى الْوَرَقَةِ.
The girl drew a yellow star on the paper.
أَصْبَحَتْ تِلْكَ الْمُمَثِّلَةُ نَجْمَةً مَشْهُورَةً بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْفِيلْمِ.
That actress became a famous star after that movie.
تُعَدُّ النَّجْمَةُ الْقُطْبِيَّةُ مِنْ أَهَمِّ الْمَعَالِمِ الَّتِي اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَّاحُونَ قَدِيمًا لِتَحْدِيدِ اتِّجَاهِ الشَّمَالِ.
The polar star is one of the most important landmarks that sailors once relied on to find north.
لَوْلَا تَأَلُّقُ تِلْكَ النَّجْمَةِ فِي سَمَاءِ الْفَنِّ، لَمَا حَظِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمِهْرَجَانُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِقْبَالِ الْجَمَاهِيرِيِّ الْوَاسِعِ.
Had that star not shone so brightly in the art world, the festival would not have drawn such a wide public turnout.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَجْمَةٌ | نَجَمَاتٌ |
| Genitive | نَجْمَةٍ | نَجَمَاتٍ |
| Accusative | نَجْمَةً | نَجَمَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا نَجْمَةُ | يَا نَجَمَاتُ |
Word family
نجمstar (masculine base form)
نجومstars (plural of najm)
منجمmine, quarry
منجمastrologer
تنجيمastrology, divination by stars
Etymology
Najma is the feminine singular form of najm, built on the triliteral root n-j-m, which carries the core sense of appearing or rising. A star earned this name because it rises and appears in the night sky. The same root gives Arabic words for a mine and for astrology, both tied to the idea of something emerging or coming forth.
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