غنج
1 غَنِجَتْ, (
S,
A,
MA,
O,
K;)
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. غُنْجٌ (
S,
MA) and غَنَاجَةٌ; (
MA;) and غُنِجَتْ; (
MA;) and ↓ تغنّجت; (
S,
A,
MA,
K;) said of a girl, or young woman, (
S,
K,) or of a woman, (
A,
MA,) She used amorous gesture or behaviour, or such gesture or behaviour combined with coquettish boldness, and feigned coyness or opposition, (
S, *
A, *
MA,
O, *
K, *
TA,) and an affecting of languor. (
TA.) [See غُنْجٌ below.]
5 تَغَنَّجَ see the preceding paragraph.
غُنْجٌ [mentioned above as an
inf. n.] and ↓ غُنُجٌ (
S,
O,
K) and ↓ غُنَاجٌ and ↓ غِنَاجٌ, (
O,
K,) in a girl, or young woman, (
S,
K,) Amorous gesture or behaviour, or such gesture or behaviour combined with coquettish boldness, and feigned coyness or opposition, (
Bkh,
S, *
O, *
K, *
TA,) and an affecting of languor: (
Bkh,
TA:) [in the present day generally used to signify lascivious motion, or a wriggling of the body or hips, under the excitement of sexual passion, or to excite such passion:]
accord. to some, beauty of the eyes. (
TA.)
A2: And غُنْجٌ and ↓ غِنَاجٌ signify also Smoke-black (دُخَانُ النَّؤُورِ [see the latter of these two nouns in art. نور]
AA,
O,
K) which a woman performing the operation of tattooing puts upon her green colour in order that it may become black. (
AA,
O,
TA.) غَنَجٌ An old man: (
S,
K:) or a man: (
TA:) in the
dial. of Hudheyl. (
S,
K.) So in the saying غَنَجٌ عَلَى شَنَجٍ (
TA) meaning A man upon a camel: (
Lth,
IDrd,
O, all in art. شنج:) or a man or an old man, upon a heavy camel: (
L in that art.:) a phrase of the tribe of Hudheyl. (
TA.) [See عَنَجٌ.]
غُنُجٌ: see غُنْجٌ.
غُنْجَةُ, (
O,) or غُنَجَةُ, (
TA,) without اَلْ, and imperfectly
decl., (
O,
TA,) The قُنْفُذ [or hedge-hog], (
O,) or the قُنْفُذَة [or female hedgehog]. (
TA.) غَنِجَةٌ (
Bkh,
S,
A,
MA,
O,
K) and ↓ مَغْنُوجَةٌ (
A,
MA) and [in an intensive sense] ↓ مِغْنَاجٌ, (
O,
K) applied to a girl, or young woman, (
S,
K,) or to a woman, (
A,
MA,) Using or who uses, amorous gesture or behaviour, &c., such as is termed غُنْج. (
Bkh,
S,
A,
MA,
O,
K,
TA.) غُنَاجٌ: see غُنْجٌ.
غِنَاجٌ: see غُنْج, in two places.
غَوْنَجٌ A quick, or swift, camel: mentioned by
Kr, but said to be not known on the authority of any other. (
TA.) أَغْنُوجَةٌ A gesture, or an action, of the kind termed غُنْج:
pl. أَغَانِيجُ: Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, لَوَى رَأْسَهُ عَنِّى وَمَالَ بِوُدِّهِ
أَغَانِيجُ خَوْدٍ كَانَ فِينَا يَزُورُهَا [The amorous gestures or actions, &c., of a soft or tender, or goodly-shaped and young, damsel, whom he used to visit among us, turned his head from me, and diverted his love]. (
TA.) مِغْنَاجٌ: see غَنِجَةٌ.
مَغْنُوجَةٌ: see غَنِجَةٌ.
