جَنَف

1 janafN jnf (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and junuwfN , (K,) the former being inf. n. of janifa and the latter of janafa , (TA,) The act of inclining, or declining (T, S, Mgh, K, TA) in speech and in all affairs: (TA:) and declining, or deviating, from the right course; acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; (T, Msb, * K, TA;) like HayofN , which some erroneously assert to be the act of a judge only. (T, TA.) You say, janifa , (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. janafa , inf. n. janafN ; (S, Msb;) [and app. janafa , aor. janifa , inf. n. junuwfN ;] and ↓ Ajnf ; (T, Msb, TA;) He inclined or declined [in speech and in any affair]: (T, S, TA:) and he declined, or deviated, from the right course; acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; (T, Mgh, Msb, TA;) Ealayohi against him. (Mgh.) Hence, in the Kur [ii. 178], famano xaAfa mino muwSK janafFA (S, TA,) i. e. [ And he who feareth, (or, as is said in the K in art. xwf , knoweth, ) from, or on the part of, the testator, ] an inclining [ to a wrong course ], or a declining [ from the right course ]: (TA:) or a manifest inclining or declining. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, janifa fiY waSiy~atihi , aor. janafa ; [ He inclined, &c., in his testament; ] and so ↓ Ajnf . (K.) And ↓ Ajnf signifies He deviated from that which was right. (K.) And fiY Hukomihi ↓ Ajnf [ He declined from the right course, or acted wrongfully or unjustly, in his judgment ]. (TA.) Or ↓ Ajnf relates peculiarly to the case of a testament: and janifa signifies absolutely He declined, or deviated, from that which was right. (K.) And you say, janifa Eano Tariyqihi , aor. janafa ; and janafa , aor. janifa ; inf. n. janafN , (K, TA,) which is of the former verb, (TA,) and junuwfN , (K, TA,) which is of the latter verb; He turned away from his course, or way; deviated therefrom. (TA.) ― -b2- Or [app. a mistake for “and ”] janafN signifies Depression ( duxuwlN and AinohiDaAmN ) in one of the two sides of the breast, or chest, ( Alz~awori ,) with evenness of the other side: (K:) the verb is janifa : and the part. n. is ↓ janifN and ↓ A^ajonafu , fem. [of the latter] janofaA='u . (TA.)

janafa jnf is [an epithet] like danafa , applying to a sing. and a pl., [being] also an inf. n. [of janifa , q. v.]: Abu-l-'Iyál El-Hudhalee says, A^al~aA daraA^ota AlxaSoma Hiyna raA^ayotuhumo janafFA EalaY~a biA^alosunK waEuyuwni [ 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, junufFA [which is a pl. of ↓ jaAnifN ]: (Skr p. 128:) [or, as some say,] janafFA is a pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] of ↓ jaAnifN , like as rawaHa is of raAy^iHN : or it may be for *awiy janafK . (TA.)