أَنْجَمَ It (rain,, &c.) left off. (Ḳ.)

نَجْمٌ [A star.]

[Also, An asterism, or constellation: being applied autonomastically to] the Pleiades. (Ṣ.)

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 ‡ The time when a payment falls due. (Mṣb.) [Hence, app., an ex. cited voce طىٌّ.]

And hence, (Mṣb,) ‡ An instalment: syn. وَظِيفَةٌ. (Mgh, Mṣb.) See also عَزْلٌ.

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

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