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أُجْنَأُ

Root: جنأ

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أُجْنَأُ , applied to a man, Having a bending forward of the upper part of the back over the breast: or humpbacked: or having a bent and humped back; but see what Lth says, voce جَنِىءَ: or i. q. أَدْنَأُ and أَقْعَسُ, meaning a man having a bending in his breast towards his back: 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
2 Also جَنْآءُ A ewe, or a she-goat, having her horns bending backwards; and so جَنْوَآءُ (TA in art. جنو.)


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