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جَنَفٌ

Root: جنف

Form: 1

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جَنَفٌI and جُنُوفٌ, the former being Verbal.Noun of جَنِفَ and the latter of جَنَفَ, The act of inclining, or declining in speech and in all affairs: and declining, or deviating, from the right course; acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; like حَيْفٌ, which some erroneously assert to be the act of a judge only. You say, جَنِفَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَنَفٌ; [and app. جَنَفَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun جُنُوفٌ;] and اجنف ; He inclined or declined [in speech and in any affair]: and he declined, or deviated, from the right course; acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; عَلَيْهِ against him. Hence, in the Kur [ii. 178], فَمَنْ خَافَ مِنْ مُوصٍ جَنَفًا i. e. [And he who feareth, (or, as is said in the K in art. خوف, knoweth,) from, or on the part of, the testator,] an inclining [to a wrong course], or a declining [from the right course]: or a manifest inclining or declining. You say, جَنِفَ فِى وَصِيَّتِهِ, Present.T ـَ; [He inclined, &c., in his testament;] and so اجنف . And اجنف signifies He deviated from that which was right. And اجنف فِى حُكْمِهِ [He declined from the right course, or acted wrongfully or unjustly, in his judgment]. Or اجنف relates peculiarly to the case of a testament: and جَنِفَ signifies absolutely He declined, or deviated, from that which was right. And you say, جَنِفَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ, Present.T ـَ; and جَنَفَ, Present.T ـِ; Verbal.Noun جَنَفٌ, which is of the former verb, and جُنُوفٌ, which is of the latter verb; He turned away from his course, or way; deviated therefrom.
2 Or [app. a mistake for “and ”] جَنَفٌ signifies Depression (دُخُولٌ and اِنْهِضَامٌ) in one of the two sides of the breast, or chest, (الزَّوْرِ,) with evenness of the other side: the verb is جَنِفَ: and the part. n. is جَنِفٌ and أَجْنَفُ , fem. [of the latter] جَنْفَآءُ.


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