جنأ1 جَنَأَ عَلَيْهِ, (As, S, L, K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. جُنُوْءٌ, (As, K,) He bent down over, or fell prostrate upon, him, or it; (As, S, L, K;) namely, a man, (Th, L,) as one does in speaking to another [who is sitting], (Th,) or to shield or protect another from blows, (L,) and as a woman does over a child; (TA;) or a horse, said when a man has bent down to preserve himself [from an arrow &c.]; or a thing; (S;) as also جَنِىءَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. جَنَأٌ; (K, TA; [in the CK, erroneously, جَناء;]) as also ↓ اجنأ, (As, L, K,) likewise said of a man bending over another to shield or protect the latter; (L, TA;) and ↓ جانأ, and ↓ تجانأ, (S, K,) and ↓ اجتنأ (TA.) b2:  جَنَأَ فِى عَدْوِهِ He persevered, or was fatigued and slow, أَلَحَّ, [which has these two different meanings,]) and bent down, in his running. (T, TA.) A2:  جَنِىءَ, aor. ـَ (Lth, K,) inf. n. جَنَأٌ, (Lth, S,) said of a man, (S,) He had a bending forward of the upper part of his back over his breast: (Lth, K:) or was humpbacked: (S:) or he had a bent and humped back: but Lth denies that جَنَأٌ signifies the being humpbacked. (TA.) [See also أَجْنَأُ.]3 جَاْنَاَ see 1.4 أَجْنَاَ see 1.6 تَجَاْنَاَ see 1.8 إِجْتَنَاَ see 1.أُجْنَأُ, applied to a man, (S,) Having a bending forward of the upper part of the back over the breast: (Lth, K:) or humpbacked: (S:) or having a bent and humped back; but see what Lth says, voce جَنِىءَ: (TA:) or i. q. أَدْنَأُ and أَقْعَسُ, meaning a man having a bending in his breast towards his back: (AA, TA:) accord. to As, applied to him who has been straight in the back and has then been affected with what is termed جَنَأٌ: it is also applied to an ostrich: fem.جَنْآءُ and جَنْوَآءُ (TA.) b2:  Also جَنْآءُ A ewe, or a she-goat, having her horns bending backwards; (Esh-Sheybánee, K;) and so جَنْوَآءُ (TA in art. جنو.) مُجْنَأٌ A shield: (S, K:) so called because of its being humped, (K, TA, [in some copies of the former of which, for لِاحْدِيدَابِهِ, we find لَا حَدِيدَةَ بِهِ, i. e. having no piece of iron in it,]) and on account of its bending form. (TA.) مُجْنَأَةٌ A grave. (K.) [App. so called because the grave of an Arab of the desert generally has a small oblong humped mound raised over it.]