جنح

جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ جنح الليل (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ جِنْحُهُ (S, Msb, K) A part, or portion, of the night: (S, A, K:) or a great, or the greater, part thereof: or the first part thereof: or a part thereof, about the half: (L:) or the darkness thereof; and its confusedness. (Msb.) كَأَنَّهُ جُنْحُ لَيْلٍ [ As though it were a portion, &c., of a night ] is said of a numerous army heavily encumbered. (L.) [See also an ex. in a verse cited voce اـِنَّ.]