נָעַץ (cmp. עוץ, אוץ) 1) to prick, stick; to wedge in. Men. 64ᵇ נ׳ צפרניו וכ׳ the swine pressed its nails against the wall; Sot. 49ᵇ; Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ, a. e.—Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ bot. כשהיה נוֹעֵץ גודלו וכ׳ when he inserted his thumb into his month. Sabb. 17ᵃ נָעֲצוּ חרב וכ׳ they stuck a sword into the floor of the college; a. fr.—Part. pass. נָעוּץ. Bets. 7ᵇ, v. דֶּקְר. Erub. III, 3; a. e. —2) to cut a wedge-like ditch (נָעִיץ). Y. Sabb. V, 9ᵈ bot.; Y. Kil. VII, 31ᵇ bot., v. חָרַץ; a. e.
Nif. - נִנְעָץ to be fixed, stuck in. Sabb. 67ᵃ bot. (in an incantation, v. נָעַל) נִנְעַצְתָּה כמחט (not … תא) thou art stuck in like a pin.