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Form 1جَنَى الثَّمَرَةَ3 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarجَنًى جِنَايَةٌ

Core sense — he gathered the fruit, plucked it; he committed a crime against himgenerated

1.1he gathered it, plucked it, or took it from the tree for himجَنَاهَا لَهُ

He gathered, plucked, or took the fruit from the tree; the same as اجتناها and تجنّاها.; maṣdar جَنًى or جَنْىٌ (so in one copy of the S, and written in the accusative case as جنيا) and جِنَايَةٌ (there without vowel-signs). The same is said of anything similar to fruit.

he gathered it, plucked it, or took it from the tree for himجَنَاهُ إِيَّاهَا
[I gathered truffles for you]جَنَيْتُكَ أَكْمُؤًا
he collected gold from its mineجَنَى ذَهَبًا
1.1.1figurative · مجاز[he acquired] eminence, or nobilityجَنَى العُلَى

Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses the verb figuratively in this phrase.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe committed against him a crime, or an offence for which he should be punishedجَنَى عَلَيْهِ

. Also said of a crime committed against his people, or party; and جاناهُ [or جانى قَوْمِهِ] is used in the same way, and he brought an injury upon him, or them. Mentioned in the article جر.

he committed against him a crime, or an offence for which he should be punishedعَلَى قَوْمِهِ
he committed the crime, offence, or injurious action against himجَنَى الذَّنْبِ عَلَيْهِ

with kesr; the same as جَرَّهُ إِلَيْهِ. [See art. جر.]

Er-Rāghib: used in this way the verb is also figurative, from جَنَى الثَّمَرَةَ.

he brought to pass an evil thing or actionجَنَى شَرًّا

[See also جِنَايَةٌ below.]

[An injurer shall not bring injury except on himself]لَا يَجْنِى جَانٍ إِلَّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ

Said in a tradition. It means that a man is not prosecuted for an injurious action committed by another, whether a relation of his or not.

And a poet says, which may be rendered: Your injurer whom you should punish is he who brings an injury upon you; but sometimes the mangy camels infect the sound ones so that these become mangy, and so a criminal sometimes brings punishment upon his relations.

shāhid 1
جَانِيكَ مَنْ يَجْنِى عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْتُعْدِي الصِّجَاحَ فَتَجْرَبُ الجُرْبُ

A'Obeyd says that جانيك من يجنى عليك is a proverb applied to the case of a man who is punished for an injurious action, because brothers sometimes bring injury upon a man by causing him to be punished for an injurious action which they themselves have committed, as the second half of the verse above indicates.

But AHeyth says that this proverb means الجَانِى لَكَ الخَيْرَ مَنْ يَجْنِى عَلَيْكَ الشَّرَّ [The person bringing you good is he who brings, or will bring, evil upon you]; perhaps meant as a caution, for the Arabs often suspect that a benefactor has some evil intention. He cites the hemistich: [Sometimes the places where the mangy camels lie down, which benefit other camels, infect the sound ones]

shāhid 2
تُعْدِي الصِّحَاحَ مَبَارِكُ الجُرْبِ
[You have brought this as an injury upon yourself]جَنَيْتَ هٰذَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ

See art. جل.

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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. جَنِىَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. جَنًى , (S, TA,) or جَنْىٌ , (so accord. to one copy of the S, and written in the accus. case جنيا in the Ham p. 355,) and جِنَايَةٌ , (Ham ib., but there without any vowel-signs,) He gathered, plucked, or took from the tree, the fruit; (Mgh, TA;) i. q. اجتناها (S, Msb, K) and تجنّاها : (K:) and in like manner one says of a thing similar to fruit. (TA.) One says also, جَنَاهَا لَهُ and جَنَاهُ إِيَّاهَا [He gathered it, plucked it, or took it from the tree, for him]. (A'Obeyd, K.) And جَنَيْتُكَ أَكْمُؤًا [I gathered for thee truffles]. (TA.) And جَنَى ذَهَبًا He collected gold from its mine. (TA.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses this verb metaphorically, in the phrase جَنَى العُلَى , meaning [He acquired] eminence, or nobility. (TA.) You also say, جَنَى عَلَيْهِ , (S,) or عَلَى قَوْمِهِ , (Msb,) inf. n. جِنَايَةٌ , (S, Msb,) He committed, [against him, or] against his people, or party, a crime, or an offence for which he should be punished; (Msb;) as also جاناهُ [or جانى قَوْمِهِ ]: (TK in art. جر :) [and he brought an injury upon him, or them:] and جَنَى الذَّنْبِ عَلَيْهِ , aor. جَنِىَ , inf. n. جِنَايَةٌ , (K,) with kesr, (TA,) He committed the crime, offence, or injurious action, against him; syn. جَرَّهُ إِلَيْهِ : (K: [see art. جر :]) thus used, also, the verb is metaphorical, from جَنَى الثَّمَرَةَ : (Er-Rághib, TA:) and so in the phrase, جَنَى شَرًّا , meaning He brought to pass an evil thing or action. (Mgh.) [See also جِنَايَةٌ , below.] It is said in a trad., لَا يَجْنِى جَانٍ إِلَّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ [An injurer shall not bring injury save on himself]; meaning that one shall not be prosecuted for an injurious action committed by another, of his relations or of others. (TA.) And a poet says, 1 [which may be rendered, Thine injurer whom thou shouldst punish is he who brings an injury upon thee: but sometimes the mangy camels infect the sound ones so that these become mangy; and thus a criminal sometimes brings punishment upon his relations: for] A'Obeyd says that جانيك من يجنى عليك is a prov. applied to the case of a man who is punished for an injurious action; because brothers [sometimes] bring injury upon a man [by occasioning his being punished for an injurious action which they have themselves committed], as the latter hemistich of the verse cited above indicates: but AHeyth says that this prov. means الجَانِى لَكَ الخَيْرَ مَنْ يَجْنِى عَلَيْكَ الشَّرَّ [The person bringing thee good is he who brings, or will bring, upon thee evil: perhaps intended as a caution; for the Arabs often suspect that a benefactor has some evil intention]: and he cites the following hemistich: 2 [meaning Sometimes the places where the mangy camels lie down, and which afford benefit to other camels, infect the sound ones]. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 298.]) You say also, جَنَيْتَ هٰذَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ [Thou hast brought this as an injury upon thyself]. (K in art. جل .) جَانِيكَ مَنْ يَجْنِى عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ | تُعْدِي الصِّجَاحَ فَتَجْرَبُ الجُرْبُ تُعْدِي الصِّحَاحَ مَبَارِكُ الجُرْبِ
Form 3جانى عَلَيْهِ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُجَانَاةٌ

Core sense — he accused him of a crime, or an offencegenerated

3.1

. He accused him of a جِنَايَة [or crime, etc.].

3.1.1

See also form 1.

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, inf. n. مُجَانَاةٌ , He accused him of a جِنَايَة [or crime, &c.]. (TA.) See also 1.
Form 4اجنى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it had ripe fruit, it reached the time for gathering its fruitgenerated

4.1

Said of a tree, or of a palm-tree: it had ripe fruit; or it reached the time for the gathering of its fruit; or it reached maturity; or, said of a tree, it had fruit to be gathered and eaten.

Said of fruit: it became ripe. Said of grass, or herbage: it became abundant.

4.1.1the land had much produceاجنتِ الأَرْضُ

جَنًى here means herbage, truffles, and the like.

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said of a tree, (S, K,) or of a palmtree, (Msb,) It had ripe fruit: (S:) or it attained to the time for the gathering of its fruit: (Msb:) or it attained to maturity: (K:) or, said of a tree, it had fruit to be gathered and eaten: and, said of fruit, it became ripe: (TA:) and, said of grass, or herbage, it became abundant. (KL.) And اجنتِ الأَرْضُ The land had much جَنًى , (S, Msb, K,) i. e. herbage, and truffles, and the like. (S.)
Form 5تَجَنَّىَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he accused him falsely of a crime he had not committedgenerated

5.1

See form 1.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action that he had not committedتجنّى عَلَيْهِ

That is, he forged against him the charge of having committed a crime and the like, when he was guiltless of it. النَّجَنِّى is like التَّجَرُّمُ.

he accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action that he had not committedتجنّى عليه ذَنْبًا
[He accuses us of committing what we did not commit]يَتَجَنَّى عَلَيْنَا مَا لَمْ نَجْنِهِ

Abu-l-'Abbās, in art. جرم.

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see 1. تجنّى عَلَيْهِ , (S, * K,) or تجنّى عليه ذَنْبًا , (TA,) He accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action, that he had not committed; (S, K;) i. e. he forged against him the charge of his having committed a crime, &c., he being guiltless [thereof]: (TA:) النَّجَنِّى being like التَّجَرُّمُ . (S.) You say also, يَتَجَنَّى عَلَيْنَا مَا لَمْ نَجْنِهِ [He accuses us of committing what we did not commit]. (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA in art. جرم .)
Form 8إِجْتَنَىَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he gathered it, plucked it; we came to rainwater and drank itgenerated

8.1

See form 1.

8.1.1we came to rainwater, and drank itاِجْتَنَيْنَا مَآءِ مَطَرٍ

A phrase mentioned with approval by IAar, but not explained by him; ISd thought it has this meaning.

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see 1. اِجْتَنَيْنَا مَآءِ مَطَرٍ We came to rainwater, and drank it: (K:) a phrase mentioned with approval by IAar, but not explained by him: thought by ISd to have this meaning. (TA.)

Derived nouns 9

Nounجَنًى1 sense

Core sense — whatever is gathered or plucked; fruit gathered while freshgenerated

1whatever is gathered, or pluckedجَنَاةٌ

[In the CK جَنِىٌّ.]

whatever is gathered, or plucked, from trees and the likeجَنَاةٌ

So these two words are of the same class as حِقٌّ and حِقَّةٌ; or the second of them is an ism waḥda.

what is gathered from trees while freshجَنِىٌّ
fruit gathered or pluckedمَجْنًى

Or it is an adjective applied to fruit, meaning just gathered or plucked, or gathered while fresh.

Plural مَجَانٍ.

fruit [ready to be gathered or plucked]جَنًى

So in the Qur 55:54. It is applied to fresh ripe dates; and grapes; and truffles and the like; and even cotton; and herbage; and gold, which is collected from its mine; and cowries, as though gathered from the sea; and honey, when it is gathered. Plural أَجْنَآءٌ and أَجْنٍ, originally أَجْنُىٌ.

Hence the saying: [This is what I have gathered, and the best of it is in it; when every gatherer but me has his hand to his mouth]

shāhid
هٰذَا جَنَاى وَ خِيَارُهُ فِيهِإِذْكُلُّ جَانٍ يَدُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ

. According to one reading, وَ هِجَانُهُ فِيهِ, which has the same meaning, in art. هجن.

on this sense A proverb, ascribed by Ibn-El-Kelbee to 'Amr Ibn-'Adee El-Lakhmee, the son of the daughter of Jedheemeh. He says that Jedheemeh had ordered the people to gather truffles for him, and some of them ate the best that they found; but 'Amr brought him the best that he found, and addressed these words to him. 'Alee is related to have repeated them when he entered the government treasury, meaning that he had not defiled himself with anything of the tribute belonging to the Muslims, but had put it in its places.

Qur’ān 55:54 approximate — somewhere between 55:26 and 55:68 Lane cites “Kur lv. 54”
Qur’ān 55:54 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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[in the CK جَنِىٌّ ] Whatever is gathered, or plucked; as also جَنَاةٌ : (K:) or whatever is gathered, or plucked, from trees, (S,) &c.; (so in a copy of the S;) as also جَنَاةٌ : (S:) so that these two words are of the same class as حِقٌّ and حِقَّةٌ : or the latter of them is a n. un.: (TA:) or the former signfies what is gathered from trees while fresh; (Msb;) as also جَنِىٌّ : (Msb:) or this last is an epithet applied to fruit, signifying just gathered or plucked; (S, K;) or gathered, or plucked, while fresh: (TA:) and مَجْنًى , also, pl. مَجَانٍ , signifies fruit gathered or plucked: (Har p. 369:) جَنًى also signifies fruit [ready to be gathered or plucked]; so in the Kur lv. 54: (Jel:) and is applied to fresh ripe dates: (Fr, K:) and grapes: (TA:) and truffles, and the like: (S:) and even cotton: (TA:) and herbage: (S:) and gold, (K,) which is collected from its mine: (TA:) and cowries, (K,) as though gathered from the sea: (TA:) and honey, (K,) when it is gathered: (TA:) pl. أَجْنَآءٌ (K) and أَجْنٍ , originally أَجْنُىٌ . (TA.) Hence the saying, 1 [This is what I have gathered, and the best of it is in it; when every gatherer but myself has his hand to his mouth]: or, accord. to one reading, وَ هِجَانُهُ فِيهِ (which has the same meaning, TA in art. هجن ): a prov., ascribed by Ibn-El-Kelbee to 'Amr Ibn-' Adee El-Lakhmee, the son of the daughter of Jedheemeh: he says that Jedheemeh had ordered the people to gather for him truffles, and some of them ate the best that they found; but ' Amr brought to him the best that he found, and addressed to him these words: and 'Alee is related to have repeated them on an occasion of his entering the government-treasury; meaning that he had not defiled himself with anything of the tribute belonging to the Muslims, but had put it in its places. (TA.) هٰذَا جَنَاى وَ خِيَارُهُ فِيهِ | إِذْكُلُّ جَانٍ يَدُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ
Nounجَنَاةٌ1 sense

Core sense — whatever is gathered, or plucked, from treesgenerated

1

See جَنًى, in two places.

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: see جَنًى , in two places.
Nounجَنِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — gathered while fresh; dates cut from the treegenerated

1

See جَنًى.

Also dates cut from the tree.

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: see جَنًى . Also Dates cut from the tree. (TA.)
Nounجِنَايَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the gathering of fruit; a crime, an offence for which one should be punishedgenerated

1

Primarily, the gathering, plucking, or taking of fruit from a tree. [See form 1.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Then, the bringing to pass of an evil thing, or action.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Then, evil itself.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Then, the doing of a forbidden action. It is specially used in this last sense, though it has a general application.

1.4

[As a simple noun it generally means] a crime, an offence, or an injurious action for which one should be punished; or an action that a man commits requiring punishment or retaliation to be inflicted upon him in this world and in the world to come; or any forbidden injurious action. In the language of the lawyers, especially a wounding, and an amputation, or a maiming.

جَنِيَّةٌ means the same as جِنَايَةٌ.

The plural of جناية is جِنَايَاتٌ and جَنَايَا, but the latter of these plurals is rare.

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, primarily, The act of gathering, plucking, or taking from a tree, fruit: [see 1:] then, The bringing to pass an evil thing, or action: (Mgh, Kull p. 147:) then, Evil, [itself]: then, The doing a forbidden action: (Kull ib.:) specially used in this last sense; though it has a general application: (Mgh:) [as a simple subst., it generally signifies] A crime, an offence, or an injurious action, for which one should be punished: (Msb:) or an action that a man commits requiring punishment or retaliation to be inflicted upon him in the present world and in the world to come: (TA:) or any forbidden injurious action: (Kull p. 134:) and in the language of the lawyers, especially a wounding: and an amputation, or a maiming: (Msb:) and جَنِيَّةٌ signifies the same as جِنَايَةٌ : (Ham p. 241:) the pl. of جناية is جِنَايَاتٌ and جَنَايَا ; but the latter of these pls. is of rare occurrence. (Msb.)
Nounجَنِيَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a crime, an offence; a round garment made of a certain clothgenerated

1

See what comes just before.

2

Also a [garment such as is called] رِدَآء of a round form, made of [the kind of cloth termed] خَزّ.

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: see what next precedes. Also A [garment such as is called] رِدَآء (K, TA,) of a round form, (TA,) made of [the kind of cloth termed] خَزّ . (K, TA.)
Nounجَانٍ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a gatherer of fruit; one who commits a crimegenerated

1

A gatherer of fruit and the like.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

And also one who commits a جِنَايَة [or crime, etc.]. Plurals جُنَاةٌ and جُنَّآءٌ, and [as a plural of paucity] أَجْنَآءٌ, this last being irregular, or doubtful.

Hence the proverb أَجْنَاؤُهَا أَبْنَاؤُهَا, explained in art. بنى.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe wolfالجَانِى

IAar, under جَابٍ.

2a fecundater of palm-treesلَقَّاحٌ
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A gatherer of fruit [&c.]: and also A committer of a جِنَايَة [or crime, &c.]: (K, * TA:) pl. جُنَاةٌ (S, K) and جُنَّآءٌ (Sb, K) and [of pauc.] أَجْنَآءٌ , which last is extr., (S, K,) or doubtful. (S.) Hence the prov., أَجْنَاؤُهَا أَبْنَاؤُهَا , explained in art. بنى . (S, TA.) [Hence also,] الجَانِى The wolf. (IAar, TA voce جَابٍ , q. v.) Also i. q. لَقَّاحٌ ; (IAar, Az, TA;) i. e. A fecundater of palm-trees. (Az, TA.)
Nounالجَوَانِى1 sense

Core sense — things gathered or pluckedgenerated

1

The same as الجَوَانِبُ [plural of الجَانِبُ]; similar to الثَّعَالِى and الأَرَانِى.

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i. q. الجَوَانِبُ [pl. of الجَانِبُ ]; (K;) similar to الثَّعَالِى and الأَرَانِى . (TA.)
Nounمَجْنًى1 sense

Core sense — a place where fruit is gatheredgenerated

1

See جَنًى.

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: see جَنًى .
Nounمُجْتَنًى1 sense

Core sense — a place of gathering, or plucking, fruitsgenerated

1

A place of gathering, or plucking, fruits and the like.

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A place of gathering, or plucking, fruits, &c. (TA.)