Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اجتنح

Root: جنح

Form: 8

Full Definition

اجتنحVIII : see 1, in three places.
2 Also He leant towards the ground, supporting himself with his hands upon his knees, by reason of his weakness. And He rested upon his palms, putting his fore arms apart , not laying them on the ground; ; as also تجنّح .
3 اِجْتِنَاحٌ in a she-camel is The going quickly, or swiftly: or the going so that her hinder part as it were leans towards her fore part, by reason of her vehement pressing on, by her pushing forward her kind legs towards her breast: and in a horse, the running with a uniform leaning on one side.


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