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1 جَنَأَ عَلَيْهِ ذ , (As, S, L, K,) aor. جَنَاَ , inf. n. جُنُوْءٌ, (As, K,) He bent down over, or fell prostrate upon, him, or it; (As, S, L, K;) namely, a man, (Th, L,) as one does in speaking to another [who is sitting], (Th,) or to shield or protect another from blows, (L,) and as a woman does over a child; (TA;) or a horse, said when a man has bent down to preserve himself [from an arrow &c.]; or a thing; (S;) as also جَنِىءَ, aor. جَنَاَ , inf. n. جَنَأٌ; (K, TA; [in the CK, erroneously, جَناء;]) as also ↓ اجنأ , (As, L, K,) likewise said of a man bending over another to shield or protect the latter; (L, TA;) and ↓ جانأ , and ↓ تجانأ , (S, K,) and ↓ اجتنأ (TA.) ― -b2- جَنَأَ فِى عَدْوِهِ He persevered, or was fatigued and slow, أَلَحَّ, [which has these two different meanings,]) and bent down, in his running. (T, TA.) -A2- جَنِىءَ, aor. جَنَاَ , (Lth, K,) inf. n. جَنَأٌ, (Lth, S,) said of a man, (S,) He had a bending forward of the upper part of his back over his breast: (Lth, K:) or was humpbacked: (S:) or he had a bent and humped back: but Lth denies that جَنَأٌ signifies the being humpbacked. (TA.) [See also أَجْنَأُ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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