جُنُونٌ
Root: جن
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جُنُونٌ
: see جِنٌّ, first sentence, in two places.
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun of جُنَّ; [originally signifying A state of possession by a جِنِّىِّ, or by جِنّ; diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; and hence meaning] loss of reason; or madness, insanity, or unsoundness in mind or intellect; or deficiency of intellect: [it may generally be rendered possession, or insanity:]
2 Also Persistence in evil; and pursuance of a headlong, or rash, course.
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun of جُنَّ; [originally signifying A state of possession by a جِنِّىِّ, or by جِنّ; diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; and hence meaning] loss of reason; or madness, insanity, or unsoundness in mind or intellect; or deficiency of intellect: [it may generally be rendered possession, or insanity:]
2 Also Persistence in evil; and pursuance of a headlong, or rash, course.
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