جنء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of stooping, bending over, or hunching forward. It also extends to related physical descriptions of posture and specific objects.

Derived headwords

جَنَأَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to stoop overboth
To bend or stoop forward, especially with the back hunched.

أَجْنَاverb

1.
to stoopclassical
To cause oneself to stoop or bend forward.

جَانَأَverb

1.
to stoopclassical
To stoop or bend forward.

تَجَانَأَverb

1.
to stoopclassical
To stoop or bend forward.

جُنُوءًاnoun

1.
stoopingboth
The act of stooping or bending forward.

جَنَأًnoun

1.
stoopingboth
The act of stooping or bending forward.

أَجْنَأadjective

1.
hunchbackedboth
Having the shoulder hunching forward over the chest; stooped.

مَجْنَأnoun

1.
shieldclassical
A shield, specifically one not made of iron.

مَجْنَأَةnoun

1.
grave pitclassical
The pit or hollow of a grave.

جَنَّآءadjective

1.
hornlessclassical
A sheep whose horns have fallen off.

Parallel reading

جنأ عليه، كجعل وفرح، وجنوءا وجنأ: أكب، كأجنأ وجانأ وتجانأ.

He stooped over it, like (forms of) ja'ala and fariha, and junu'an and jana: he stooped, like ajna'a, jana'a, and tajana'a.

وكفرح: أشرف كاهله على صدره، فهو أجنأ.

And like fariha: his shoulder overhung his chest, so he is ajna' (hunchbacked).

والمجنأ، بالضم: الترس لاحديد به،

And al-majna', with damma: the shield not made of iron,

وبهاء: حفرة القبر.

And with ha': the pit of the grave.

والجنآء: شاة ذهب قرناها أخرا.

And al-janna': a sheep whose horns have fallen off.