جن
أ
1 جَنَأَ عَلَيْهِ, (
As,
S,
L,
K,)
aor. ـَ
inf. n. جُنُوْءٌ, (
As,
K,) He bent down over, or fell prostrate upon, him, or it; (
As,
S,
L,
K;) namely, a man, (
Th,
L,) as one does in speaking to another [who is sitting], (
Th,) or to shield or protect another from blows, (
L,) and as a woman does over a child; (
TA;) or a horse, said when a man has bent down to preserve himself [from an arrow &c.]; or a thing; (
S;) as also جَنِىءَ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. جَنَأٌ; (
K,
TA; [in the
CK, erroneously, جَناء;]) as also ↓ اجنأ, (
As,
L,
K,) likewise said of a man bending over another to shield or protect the latter; (
L,
TA;) and ↓ جانأ, and ↓ تجانأ, (
S,
K,) and ↓ اجتنأ (
TA.)
b2: جَنَأَ فِى عَدْوِهِ He persevered, or was fatigued and slow, أَلَحَّ, [which has these two different meanings,]) and bent down, in his running. (
T,
TA.)
A2: جَنِىءَ,
aor. ـَ (
Lth,
K,)
inf. n. جَنَأٌ, (
Lth,
S,) said of a man, (
S,) He had a bending forward of the upper part of his back over his breast: (
Lth,
K:) or was humpbacked: (
S:) or he had a bent and humped back: but
Lth denies that جَنَأٌ signifies the being humpbacked. (
TA.) [See also أَجْنَأُ.]
3 جَاْنَاَ see 1.
4 أَجْنَاَ see 1.
6 تَجَاْنَاَ see 1.
8 إِجْتَنَاَ see 1.
أُجْنَأُ, applied to a man, (
S,) Having a bending forward of the upper part of the back over the breast: (
Lth,
K:) or humpbacked: (
S:) or having a bent and humped back; but see what
Lth says,
voce جَنِىءَ: (
TA:) or
i. q. أَدْنَأُ and أَقْعَسُ, meaning a man having a bending in his breast towards his back: (
AA,
TA:)
accord. to
As, applied to him who has been straight in the back and has then been affected with what is termed جَنَأٌ: it is also applied to an ostrich: fem.
جَنْآءُ and جَنْوَآءُ (
TA.)
b2: Also جَنْآءُ A ewe, or a she-goat, having her horns bending backwards; (Esh-Sheybánee,
K;) and so جَنْوَآءُ (
TA in art. جنو.) مُجْنَأٌ A shield: (
S,
K:) so called because of its being humped, (
K,
TA, [in some copies of the former of which, for لِاحْدِيدَابِهِ, we find لَا حَدِيدَةَ بِهِ, i. e. having no piece of iron in it,]) and on account of its bending form. (
TA.) مُجْنَأَةٌ A grave. (
K.) [
App. so called because the grave of an Arab of the desert generally has a small oblong humped mound raised over it.]