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1 جَنَفٌ جنف (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and جُنُوفٌ, (K,) the former being inf. n. of جَنِفَ and the latter of جَنَفَ, (TA,) The act of inclining, or declining (T, S, Mgh, K, TA) in speech and in all affairs: (TA:) and declining, or deviating, from the right course; acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; (T, Msb, * K, TA;) like حَيْفٌ, which some erroneously assert to be the act of a judge only. (T, TA.) You say, جَنِفَ, (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. جَنَفَ , inf. n. جَنَفٌ; (S, Msb;) [and app. جَنَفَ, aor. جَنِفَ , inf. n. جُنُوفٌ;] and ↓ اجنف ; (T, Msb, TA;) He inclined or declined [in speech and in any affair]: (T, S, TA:) and he declined, or deviated, from the right course; acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; (T, Mgh, Msb, TA;) عَلَيْهِ against him. (Mgh.) Hence, in the Kur [ii. 178], فَمَنْ خَافَ مِنْ مُوصٍ جَنَفًا (S, TA,) i. e. [And he who feareth, (or, as is said in the K in art. خوف, knoweth,) from, or on the part of, the testator,] an inclining [to a wrong course], or a declining [from the right course]: (TA:) or a manifest inclining or declining. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, جَنِفَ فِى وَصِيَّتِهِ, aor. جَنَفَ ; [He inclined, &c., in his testament;] and so ↓ اجنف . (K.) And ↓ اجنف signifies He deviated from that which was right. (K.) And فِى حُكْمِهِ ↓ اجنف [He declined from the right course, or acted wrongfully or unjustly, in his judgment]. (TA.) Or ↓ اجنف relates peculiarly to the case of a testament: and جَنِفَ signifies absolutely He declined, or deviated, from that which was right. (K.) And you say, جَنِفَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ, aor. جَنَفَ ; and جَنَفَ, aor. جَنِفَ ; inf. n. جَنَفٌ, (K, TA,) which is of the former verb, (TA,) and جُنُوفٌ, (K, TA,) which is of the latter verb; He turned away from his course, or way; deviated therefrom. (TA.) ― -b2- Or [app. a mistake for “and ”] جَنَفٌ signifies Depression (دُخُولٌ and اِنْهِضَامٌ) in one of the two sides of the breast, or chest, (الزَّوْرِ,) with evenness of the other side: (K:) the verb is جَنِفَ: and the part. n. is ↓ جَنِفٌ and ↓ أَجْنَفُ , fem. [of the latter] جَنْفَآءُ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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