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جن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جِنِّىٌّ جن جنى جني Of, or relating to, the جِنّ, or جِنَّة. (K.) ― -b2- See جِنٌّ. In the saying, وَيْحَكِ يَا جِنِّىَّ هَلْ بَدَا لَكِ أَنْ تُرْجِعِى عَقْلِى فَقَدْ أَنَى لَكِ [ Mercy on thee! O Jinneeyeh, جِنِّىَّ being for جِنِّيَّةُ,) doth it appear fit to thee that thou shouldst restore my reason? for the time hath come for thee to do so], a woman resembling a جِنِّيَّة is meant, either because of her beauty, or in her changeableness. (TA.) -A2- The tallness, or length and height, of a camel's hump. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جِنِّىٌّ
  1. 1.
وَيْحَكِ يَا جِنِّىَّ هَلْ بَدَا لَكِ
أَنْ تُرْجِعِى عَقْلِى فَقَدْ أَنَى لَكِ