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جنء

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of leaning over, stooping, or hunching. It describes a physical posture of inclining the body forward, often due to effort, burden, or a physical deformity like a hunched back. It can also metaphorically refer to being intensely focused or committed to something.

Derived headwords

جَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to stoop overboth

    To lean or bend over something, to incline oneself towards it.

أَكَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    he fell on his face.both

    he fell on his face.

  2. 2.
    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.both

    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.

جَانَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to lean overclassical

    To lean over something or apply oneself to it.

تَجَانَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to stoop overclassical

    To stoop over something or apply oneself to it.

جُنُوءnoun
  1. 1.
    stoopingclassical

    The act of stooping or inclining over something.

أَجْنَأُadjective
  1. 1.
    hunchbackedboth

    Describing a person who is hunched or has a deformed back.

جَنَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hunchclassical

    A hump or deformity in the back.

مِجَنَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    shieldclassical

    A shield, particularly one made of leather or wood.

Parallel reading

جَنَأَ الرجل على الشئ
The man stooped over the thing.
وجانأ عليه
And he leaned over it.
وتجانأ عليه
And he stooped over it.
إذا أكب عليه
When he was intensely focused on it.
أغاضر لو شهدت غداة بنتم جنوء العائدات على وسادي
O Ghāḍir, if you had witnessed the day you departed, the stooping of the returning ones upon my pillow.
ورجل أجنأ
And a hunchbacked man.
بين الجنأ
Between the hunch.
أي أحدب الظهر
Meaning, hunched of back.
والمجنا بالضم: الترس
And al-mijannā (with dammah): the shield.
ومجنأ أسمر قراع
And a dark, striking shield.