جَنَحَ

, (S, A, K, &c.,) aorist جَنَحَ , (S, Msb, K,) agreeably with analogy, of the dialect of Temeem, and the most chaste form, (TA,) and جَنُحَ , (S, Msb, K,) of the dialect of Keys, (TA,) and جَنِحَ , (K,) verbal noun جُنُوحٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He, or it, inclined, leant, or propended, (S, A, Mgh, L, K) إِلَيْهِ (L, Msb) and لَهُ (L) [to, or towards, it]; as also ↓ اجتنح, (S, Mgh, K,) and ↓ اجنح. (K [but, by the omission of a و after it, this is made in some copies of the K to relate to what there follows it].) It is said in the Qur'an, 8:63, وَإِنْ جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا (Mgh, L) And if they incline to peace, incline thou to it: سلم being here made feminine because synonym with مُصَالَحَة. (L.) You say, جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ and إِلَيْهِ. (A.)

He (a man) inclined, or leant, on one side; and leant upon his bow: as also ↓ اجتنح: and عَلَيْهِ ↓ اجتنح he leant upon him. (L.) And جَنَحَتْ She (a camel lying on her breast) leant on one side. (AO, TA.)

He (a man) set about a thing, to do it with his hands, his breast leaning over it. (T, TA.)

جَنَحَ عَلَى مِرْفَقَيْهِ, verbal noun جُنُوحٌ and جَنْحٌ, He (a man) rested himself upon his elbows, having set them upon the ground or upon a cushion. (ISh, TA.)

جَنَحَ إِلَيْهِمْ and لَهُمْ He [inclined to them; or] followed them and submitted to them; namely, a sect. (ISh, TA.)

جَنَحَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِلْغُرُوبِ [The sun inclined to setting]. (A.)

جَنَحَ, (A, L, Msb,) aorist جَنَحَ , (L, Msb,) verbal noun جُنُوحٌ, (S, L, K,) said of the night, (S, A, L, Msb, K) and of the evening, (A,) and of the darkness, (L,) It inclined to going, or to coming: (A:) or it came on, or approached. (S, L, Msb, K.)

Also, with the same aorist and verbal noun, said of a bird, It contracted its wings to descend, or alight, and approached like one falling, and repairing to a place of refuge. (L.)

جَنَحَتْ said of camels, They lowered the fore part of the neck [in running]: or they went quickly, or swiftly. (TA.)

And, verbal noun جُنُوحٌ, said of a ship (سَفِينَة), She came to shallow water, and stuck to the ground, (A, L,)so as to cease from motion. (L.)

-A2- جَنَحَ, verbal noun جُنُوحٌ, He (a man) gave with his [جَنَاح, or] hand. (TA.)

-A3- جَنَحَهُ, (S, L,) aorist جَنَحَ , verbal noun جَنْحٌ, (L,) He hit, or hurt, its جَنَاح [or wing]; (S, L;) i. e., the جناح of the bird. (S.) And جَنَحَ فُلَانًا He hit, or hurt, the arm (جَنَاح) of such a one. (K. [In some copies of the K, by the omission of a و, this signification is erroneously made to relate to اجنح: so in the copies used by MF and SM, who state that the right verb is جَنَحَ])

-A4- جُنِحَ, (S, K,) with damm, (S,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) verbal noun جُنُوحٌ, (TA,) He (a camel) had his جَوَانِح [the ribs so called] broken by reason of the heaviness of his load: (S, K:) or he (a camel) had the first of his ribs broken in the part next the breast. (TA.)

-A5- [جَنَحَ also signifies He regarded an act as a crime, or sin. Thus,] إِنّى لَأَجْنَحُ أَنْ اكُلَ مِنْهُ, in a tradition respecting the property of the orphan, means Verily I regard as a crime, or sin, (جُنَاح,) my eating, or devouring, [aught] thereof. (TA.)