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جنى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تَجَنَّىَ see 1. ― -b2- تجنّى عَلَيْهِ, (S, * K,) or تجنّى عليه ذَنْبًا, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action, that he had not committed; (S, K;) i. e. he forged against him the charge of his having committed a crime, &c., he being guiltless [ thereof ]: (TA:) النَّجَنِّى being like التَّجَرُّمُ. (S.) You say also, يَتَجَنَّى عَلَيْنَا مَا لَمْ نَجْنِهِ [ He accuses us of committing what we did not commit ]. (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA in art. جرم.)

Derived headwords

تَجَنَّىَverb
  1. 1.
تجنّى عَلَيْهِ
تجنّى عليه
يَتَجَنَّى عَلَيْنَا مَا لَمْ نَجْنِهِ