Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ج ن س (j-n-s) of جِنْس (jins, kind, sort); compare جَنَّسَ (jannasa, to make alike, to make similar).

Verb

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جَانَسَ (jānasa) III, non-past يُجَانِسُ‎ (yujānisu)

  1. (transitive) to be akin to, to be related to, to be similar to
  2. (transitive) to be of the same kind as
  3. (transitive) to be like, to resemble

Conjugation

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