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مِجَنٌّ ماج مجن مجنن A shield; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) because the owner conceals, or protects, himself with it; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ مِجَنَّةٌ (Lh, K) and ↓ جُنَانٌ and ↓ جُنَانَةٌ : (K:) pl. مَجَانُّ. (S, Msb.) Sb held it to be of the measure فِعَلٌّ, from مجن; but his opinion is opposed by the fact that the word is of the form which is significant of an instrument, by the doubling of the ن, and by the syns. جنان and جنانة. (MF, TA.) It is said in a trad., that the hand [of a thief] shall not be cut off save for the value of a مِجَنّ; which in the time of the Prophet was a deenár, or ten dirhems; for this is the lowest amount for which that punishment is to be inflicted. (Mgh.) You say, قَلَبَ مِجَنَّهُ [He turned his shield], meaning (tropical:) He dropped shame, and did what he pleased: or he became absolute master of his affair, or case. (K, TA.) And قَلَبْتُ لَهُ ظَهْرَ المِجَنِّ [I turned towards him the outer side of the shield], meaning (assumed tropical:) I became hostile to him after reconciliation. (Har p. 265.) ― -b2- Also A [woman's ornament such as is commonly called] وِشَاح (Az, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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