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جِنِّىٌّ جن جنى جني Of, or relating to, the جِنّ, or جِنَّة. (K.) ― -b2- See جِنٌّ. In the saying, “ وَيْحَكِ يَا جِنِّىَّ هَلْ بَدَا لَكِ
أَنْ تُرْجِعِى عَقْلِى فَقَدْ أَنَى لَكِ
” [Mercy on thee! O Jinneeyeh, جِنِّىَّ being for جِنِّيَّةُ,) doth it appear fit to thee that thou shouldst restore my reason? for the time hath come for thee to do so], a woman resembling a جِنِّيَّة is meant, either because of her beauty, or in her changeableness. (TA.) -A2- The tallness, or length and height, of a camel's hump. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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