حنو ند حنى

حِنْوٌ حنو (S, Mgh, K) and ↓ حَنْوٌ (K) Anything in which is a bending, curving, or crookedness, (K,) and the like; (TA;) of the body, (K,) such as the bone beneath the eyebrow, (K, * TA,) and the jaw-bone, and a rib; and of other things, such as the [ high ground termed ] قُفّ, and the [ tract of sand termed ] حِقْف, (K,) and the bend of a valley [like مَحْنِيَةٌ &c.]: (TA:) see مَحْنِيَةٌ: and any curved piece of wood, (K,) such as any of the curved pieces of wood of the horse's saddle, and of the [ camel's saddle called ] قَتَب, (S, * CK, TA,) and of the [ camel's saddle called ] رَحْل: (CK, TA:) each of [ the curved pieces of wood called ] the قَرْبُوسَانِ, the anterior and the posterior, of the horse's saddle: (Mgh:) and a bending, curving, or crookedness, of anything: whence, حِنْوٌ الجَبَلِ [ the bend of the mountain ]: (S:) pl. [of pauc.] أَحْنَاآءٌ (S, Mgh, K) and [of mult.] حِنِىٌّ, [in the CK, erroneously, حَنِىٌّ,] and حُنِىٌّ [originally حُنُوٌّ, first altered to حُنِىٌّ, and then, because of the kesreh, to حِنِىٌّ]. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [The dual] حِنْوَانِ signifies The two curved pieces of wood, with a net upon them, by means of which wheat is conveyed to the heap that is collected together in the place where it is trodden out. (K.) ― -b3- And the pl. أَحْنَاآءٌ, i. q. جَوَانِبُ [as meaning (assumed tropical:) Sides, regions, quarters, or the like; and limits, bounds, or boundaries ]; like أَعْنَاآءٌ. (S.) The saying, أُزْجُرْ أَحْنَاآءَ طَيْرِكَ means نَوَاحِيَهُ, [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Straiten thou the limits, or bounds, of thy levity, (alluding to the restraining of birds from flight,)] on the right and left, and before and behind; by طيرك being meant خِفَّتِكَ and طَيْشِكَ. (S, TA.) ― -b4- أَحْنَاآءُ الأُمُورِ (assumed tropical:) Dubious affairs: (K, * TA:) or, as some say, it means أَطْرَافُهَا وَنَوَاحِيهَا [(assumed tropical:) the ends, and limits, or bounds, of affairs ]. (TA.)