جَنَأَ
Root: جنأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
جَنَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun جُنُوْءٌ, He bent down over, or fell prostrate upon, him, or it; namely, a man, as one does in speaking to another [who is sitting], or to shield or protect another from blows, and as a woman does over a child; or a horse, said when a man has bent down to preserve himself [from an arrow &c.]; or a thing; as also جَنِىءَ, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun جَنَأٌ; (K, TA; [in the CK, erroneously, جَناء;]) as also
, likewise said of a man bending over another to shield or protect the latter; and
, and
, and
2 جَنَأَ فِى عَدْوِهِ He persevered, or was fatigued and slow, أَلَحَّ, [which has these two different meanings,]) and bent down, in his running.
def.2 جَنِىءَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَنَأٌ, said of a man, He had a bending forward of the upper part of his back over his breast: or was humpbacked: or he had a bent and humped back: but Lth denies that جَنَأٌ signifies the being humpbacked. [See also أَجْنَأُ.]
2 جَنَأَ فِى عَدْوِهِ He persevered, or was fatigued and slow, أَلَحَّ, [which has these two different meanings,]) and bent down, in his running.
def.2 جَنِىءَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَنَأٌ, said of a man, He had a bending forward of the upper part of his back over his breast: or was humpbacked: or he had a bent and humped back: but Lth denies that جَنَأٌ signifies the being humpbacked. [See also أَجْنَأُ.]
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