Arabic edit

Root
ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b)

Etymology edit

From ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b) meaning to attract, to pull or draw, to drink or suck in.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

اِنْجِذَاب (injiḏābm

  1. verbal noun of اِنْجَذَبَ (injaḏaba, to be enraptured) (form VII)
    1. attraction, affinity, inclination
    2. fascination, captivation
    3. gravitation

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ “جذب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 394-395, meaning to pull or draw, to drag, to attract, to tug, to drink or suck in, to trail along after.