جَنَّهُ

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, (S, Mgh, K,) aorist جَنُ3َ , (Mgh, TA,) verbal noun جَنٌّ, (TA,) It veiled, concealed, hid, covered, or protected, him; (S, Mgh, K;) said of the night; (S, K;) as also جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ, (S, Msb, K,) aorist جَنُ3َ , (S, Msb,) verbal noun جُنُونٌ, (S,) or جَنٌّ, (K,) or both; (TA;) so in the Qur'an, 6:76, meaning it veiled him, concealed him, or covered him, with its darkness; (Bd;) and اجنّهُ: (S, Msb, K:) or this last signifies he, or it, made, or prepared, for him, or gave him, that which should veil him, conceal him, &c. : according to Er-Rághib, the primary signification of جَنٌّ is the veiling, or concealing, &c., from the sense. (TA.) And جُنَّ عَنْهُ means It (anything) was veiled, concealed, or hidden, from him. (K.)
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He concealed it; namely, a dead body; as also اجنّهُ: (S, TA:) or the latter, he wrapped it in grave-clothing: (K:) and he buried it. (TA.) And الشَّىْءَ فِى صَدْرِى أَجْنَنْتُ I concealed the thing in my bosom. (S.) And وَلَدًا أَجَنَّتْ, (S,) or جَنِينًا, (K,) said of a woman, (S,) or a pregnant female, (K,) She concealed [or enveloped in her womb a child, or an embryo, or a fœtus]. (TA.)
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جَنَّ, aorist جَنِ3َ , verbal noun جِنٌّ, It (an embryo, or a fœtus,) was concealed in the womb. (K.)
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Also, [verbal noun, probably, جِنٌّ and جُنُونٌ and جَنَانٌ, explained below,] It (the night) was, or became, dark. (Golius on the authority of Ibn-Maaroof.)
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جُنَّ, (S, Msb, K,) verbal noun جُنُونٌ (S, K) and جِنَّةٌ (S) and جَنٌّ; (K;) and اُسْتُجِنٌّ, and تجنّن, and تجانّ; (K;) He (a man, S) was, or became, مَجْنُون [originally signifying possessed by a جِنِّىّ, or by جِنّ; possessed by a devil or demon; (see Bd li. 39;) and hence meaning bereft of reason; or mad, insane, unsound in mind or intellect, or wanting therein: the verbs may generally be rendered he was, or became, possessed; or mad, or insane]. (S, Msb, K.)
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جُنَّ الذُّبَابُ, (S, A, TA,) verbal noun جُنُونٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) The flies made much buzzing: (S:) or made a gladsome buzzing in a meadow. (A, TA.)
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جُنَّ النَّبْتُ, verbal noun جُنُونٌ, (tropical:) The herbage became tall, and tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, and put forth its flowers or blossoms: (S, TA:) or became thick and tall and full-grown, and blossomed. (M, TA.) And جُنَّتِ الأَرْضُ, (Fr, K,) verbal noun جُنُونٌ, (K,) (tropical:) The land produced pleasing herbage or plants: (Fr, TA:) or put forth its flowers and blossoms; as also تجنّنت. (K, TA.)

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