رنّحهُ, [inf. n. as below,] said of wine (شَرَاب), It made him to incline from side to side. (A, TA.) [Also, as appears from what follows, It made him to incline and go round. It made him giddy in the head, and confused: it affected him with giddiness in the head like one in a swoon.] It deprived him of his strength by reason of its potency. (Ḥam p. 562.) [And, said of a beating, and app. of intoxication, &c., It made him to swoon, or faint: for,] when you have beaten a person so that he swoons, or faints, you say, ضَرَبْتُهُ حَتَّى رَنَّحْتُهُ. (Ḥam ibid.) [Hence, رُنِّحَ He was made to incline from side to side: رَنَّحَ is expl. in the TA in a similar sense, as said of a man, &c.; but it is app. a mistranscription for رُنِّحَ]: see 5. He was made to incline and go round. (L.) It is said, by Imra-el-Ḳeys, of a dog gored by a wild bull. (Ṣ,* L.) He was giddy in the head, and confused: and رُنِّحَ بِهِ he was affected with giddiness in the head like one in a swoon. (L.) Also, (L,) and رُنِّحَ عَلَيْهِ inf. n. تَرْنِيحٌ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) He swooned, or fainted; or was affected by a weakness of the bones, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and of the body; by reason of beating or fright or intoxication, and sometimes by reason of anxiety, and grief, or sorrow; (L;) and inclined from side to side. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

رَنَّحَتِ الرِّيحُ الغُصْنَ ‡ The wind made the branch to incline from side to side. (A.)

ترنّح He inclined from side to side, by reason of intoxication, &c.; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) as alsoارتنح↓, (Ḳ,) andرَنَّحَ↓ [app. a mistranscription for رُنِّحَ]. (TA.) He inclined, and went round. (TA.)

‡ It (a branch) inclined from side to side, being blown by the wind. (A.)

ترنّح بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ ‡ He wavered between two things. (A.)

ترنّح عَلَى فُلَانٍ ‡ He was, or became, inimical to such a one, domineering, and exalting himself. (A.)

And ترنّح He sipped wine (شَرَاب) by little and little. (AḤn, Ḳ.)

رَنْحٌ Vertigo, or giddiness in the head; (Ḳ;) and confusion. (TA.)

Also A certain appertenance of the brain, separate, or distinct, therefrom, like, or of the size of, the عُصْفُور [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

مَرْنَحَةٌ The prow, or fore part, of a ship. (Az, Ḳ.)

مُرَنَّحٌ Swooning, or fainting; or affected by a weakness of the bones, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and of the body; by reason of beating or fright or intoxication, and sometimes by reason of anxiety, and grief, or sorrow; (L;) and inclining from side to side. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

Also, (A, Ḳ,) orمُرْنَحٌ↓, (so in the L,) ‡ Aloes-wood, (A, L, Ḳ,) of the best kind, (L, Ḳ,) used for fumigation. (A, L, Ḳ.)