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جَانٍ

Root: جنى

Full Definition

جَانٍ A gatherer of fruit [&c.]:
2 and also A committer of a جِنَايَة [or crime, &c.]: pl. جُنَاةٌ and جُنَّآءٌ and [of pauc.] أَجْنَآءٌ, which last is extr., or doubtful. Hence the prov., أَجْنَاؤُهَا أَبْنَاؤُهَا, explained in art. بنى.
3 [Hence also,] الجَانِى The wolf. (IAar, TA voce جَابٍ, q. v.)

def.2 Also i. q. لَقَّاحٌ; i. e. A fecundater of palm-trees.


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