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جنَافٌ جناف [an inf. n. of which the verb ( جانف ) is not mentioned]. You say, لَجَّ فِى جِنَافٍ قَبِيحٍ He persisted in removing himself to a distance, or estranging himself, from his family; (Aboo-Sa'eed, K;) like جِنَابٍ قَبِيحٍ . (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA.)

اجنف اجنف He committed an act of inclining [to a wrong course], or declining [from the right course, or acting wrongfully or unjustly or injuriously or tyrannically]; like as you say, أَلَامَ , meaning “he did a thing for which he should be blamed.” (S.) See also 1, in five places. -A2- اجنفهُ He found him to be one who deviated from the right way in his judgment; who acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, therein. (K.) تجانف فِى مِشْيَتِهِ ?? He carried himself in a proud and self-conceited manner, [affecting an inclining of the body from side to side,] in his gait. (TA.) [And He inclined on one side in his gait: said of one who is lame of one leg: see مَحْرُوقٌ .] ― -b2- تجانف عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ He affected a declining, or deviating, from his course, or way; he purposely declined, or deviated, therefrom; (K, * TA;) syn. تَمَايَلَ . (K.) And in like manner, تجانف اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ [He affected an inclining to the thing; intentionally inclined to it]. (TA.) You say, تجانف لِاـِثْمٍ He inclined to a sin, (S, Mgh,) [or affected an inclining to it, (see the part. n., below,)] intending, or purposing, the commission of an act of disobedience. (Mgh.)

جَنَفَ جنف is [an epithet] like دَنَفَ , applying to a sing. and a pl., [being] also an inf. n. [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, accord. to one reading, جُنُفًا [which is a pl. of ↓ جَانِفٌ ]: (Skr p. 128:) [or, as some say,] جَنَفًا is a pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] of ↓ جَانِفٌ , like as رَوَحَ is of رَايءِحٌ : or it may be for ذَوِي جَنَفٍ . (TA.)

جَنِفٌ جنف : see أَجْنَفُ , in two places: ― -b2- and see also 1, last sentence.

جُنَافِىٌّ جنافى جنافي One who carries himself in a proud and self-conceited manner, ( مُخْتَال , [for which Golius, here copied by Freytag, appears to have read مُحْتَال , with the unpointed ح ,]) with an inclining [of the body from side to side]: (Sh, K:) or one who affects an inclining [of the body from side to side] ( يَتَجَانَفُ ) in his gait, and carries himself in a proud and self-conceited manner therein. (TA.)

جَانِفٌ جانف : see أَجْنَفُ ; and see also جَنَفٌ , in two places.

أَجْنَفُ [fem. جَنْفَا=ءُ ] Inclining [to a wrong course], or declining [from the right course], or acting wrongfully or unjustly, [absolutely, as also ↓ جَنِفٌ and ↓ جَانِفٌ and ↓ مِجْنَفٌ , or peculiarly] in his testament. (K.) You say, صَادَفَهُ فِى حُكْمِهِ ↓ جَنِفًا [He found him to be one who deviated from the right way in his judgment; who acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically, therein]. (K.) And ↓ خَصْمٌ مِجْنَفٌ An adversary who inclines [to a wrong course], or declines [from the right course]; (K;) who acts wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically. (TA.) ― -b2- Inclining; [or pendulous;] applied to a penis. (TA.) ― -b3- Having a bending back; (S, K;) applied to a man. (S.) ― -b4- See also 1, last sentence. ― -b5- Big, or large; applied to a bowl ( قَدَح ). (TA.)

مِجْنَفٌ مجنف : see أَجْنَفُ , in two places.

غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِاـِثْمٍ غير متجانف لاثم , in the Kur [v. 5], means Not affecting an inclining to sin; intending, or purposing, it. (Msb, TA.)