جنح

1 جَنَحَ جنح جنحة , (S, A, K, &c.,) aor. جَنَحَ , (S, Msb, K,) agreeably with analogy, of the dial. of Temeem, and the most chaste form, (TA,) and جَنُحَ , (S, Msb, K,) of the dial. of Keys, (TA,) and جَنِحَ , (K,) inf. n. جُنُوحٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He, or it, inclined, leant, or propended, (S, A, Mgh, L, K) اـِلَيْهِ (L, Msb) and لَهُ (L) [ to, or towards, it ]; as also ↓ اجتنح, (S, Mgh, K,) and ↓ اجنح. (K [but, by the omission of a و after it, this is made in some copies of the K to relate to what there follows it].) It is said in the Kur [viii. 63], وَاـِنْ جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَا@جْنَحْ لَهَا (Mgh, L) And if they incline to peace, incline thou to it: سلم being here made fem. because syn. with مُصَالَحَة. (L.) You say, جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ and اـِلَيْهِ. (A.) ― -b2- He (a man) inclined, or leant, on one side; and leant upon his bow: as also ↓ اجتنح: and عَلَيْهِ ↓ اجتنح he leant upon him. (L.) And جَنَحَتْ She (a camel lying on her breast) leant on one side. (AO, TA.) ― -b3- He (a man) set about a thing, to do it with his hands, his breast leaning over it. (T, TA.) ― -b4- جَنَحَ عَلَى مِرْفَقَيْهِ, inf. n. جُنُوحٌ and جَنْحٌ, He (a man) rested himself upon his elbows, having set them upon the ground or upon a cushion. (ISh, TA.) ― -b5- جَنَحَ اـِلَيْهِمْ and لَهُمْ He [ inclined to them; or] followed them and submitted to them; namely, a sect. (ISh, TA.) ― -b6- جَنَحَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِلْغُرُوبِ [ The sun inclined to setting ]. (A.) ― -b7- جَنَحَ, (A, L, Msb,) aor. جَنَحَ , (L, Msb,) inf. n. جُنُوحٌ, (S, L, K,) said of the night, (S, A, L, Msb, K) and of the evening, (A,) and of the darkness, (L,) It inclined to going, or to coming: (A:) or it came on, or approached. (S, L, Msb, K.) ― -b8- Also, with the same aor. and inf. n., said of a bird, It contracted its wings to descend, or alight, and approached like one falling, and repairing to a place of refuge. (L.) ― -b9- جَنَحَتْ said of camels, They lowered the fore part of the neck [in running]: or they went quickly, or swiftly. (TA.) ― -b10- And, inf. n. جُنُوحٌ, said of a ship (سَفِينَة), She came to shallow water, and stuck to the ground, (A, L,) so as to cease from motion. (L.) -A2- جَنَحَ, inf. n. جُنُوحٌ, He (a man) gave with his [جَنَاح, or] hand. (TA.) -A3- جَنَحَهُ, (S, L,) aor. جَنَحَ , inf. n. جَنْحٌ, (L,) He hit, or hurt, its جَنَاح [or wing ]; (S, L;) i. e., the جناح of the bird. (S.) And جَنَحَ فُلَانًا He hit, or hurt, the arm (جَنَاح) of such a one. (K. [In some copies of the K, by the omission of a و, this signification is erroneously made to relate to اجنح: so in the copies used by MF and SM, who state that the right verb is جَنَحَ]) -A4- جُنِحَ, (S, K,) with damm, (S,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) inf. n. جُنُوحٌ, (TA,) He (a camel) had his جَوَانِح [the ribs so called] broken by reason of the heaviness of his load: (S, K:) or he (a camel) had the first of his ribs broken in the part next the breast. (TA.) -A5- [جَنَحَ also signifies He regarded an act as a crime, or sin. Thus,] اـِنّى لَأَجْنَحُ أَنْ اآكُلَ مِنْهُ, in a trad. respecting the property of the orphan, means Verily I regard as a crime, or sin, (جُنَاح,) my eating, or devouring, [aught] thereof. (TA.)