جَنَفَ

is [an epithet] like دَنَفَ, applying to a singular and a plural, [being] also a verbal noun [of جَنِفَ, q. v.]: Abu-l-'Iyál El-Hudhalee says,

أَلَّا دَرَأْتَ الخَصْمَ حِينَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ

جَنَفًا عَلَىَّ بِأَلْسُنٍ وَعُيُونِ

[Wherefore didst not thou repel the adversaries, when thou sawest them inclining, or acting wrongfully, against me with tongues and eyes?]: or, according to one reading, جُنُفًا [which is a plural of ↓ جَانِفٌ]: (Skr p. 128:) [or, as some say,] جَنَفًا is a plural [or rather quasi-plural n.] of ↓ جَانِفٌ, like as رَوَحَ is of رَايءِحٌ: or it may be for ذَوِي جَنَفٍ. (TA.)