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8 اجتنح اجتنح : see 1, in three places. ― -b2- Also He (an old man) leant towards the ground, supporting himself with his hands upon his knees, by reason of his weakness. (Mgh.) And He (a man prostrating himself in prayer) rested upon his palms, putting his fore arms apart (from his sides, IAth), not laying them on the ground; (so that they became like the wings of a bird; IAth); as also ↓ تجنّح . (Sh, IAth, Mgh, K.) ― -b3- اِجْتِنَاحٌ in a she-camel is The going quickly, or swiftly: (Sh, K:) or the going so that her hinder part as it were leans towards her fore part, by reason of her vehement pressing on, (ISh, K, *) by her pushing forward her kind legs towards her breast: (ISh:) and in a horse, the running with a uniform leaning on one side. (A, O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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