See also: جنت, خنب, حنت, خنت, and جمب

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Etymology 1

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Root ج ن ب (j-n-b), a Proto-Semitic noun *ganb- (side).

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جَنَبَ (janaba) I (non-past يَجْنُبُ (yajnubu), verbal noun جَنْب (janb))

  1. to turn aside, decline
  2. to refuse, turn off
  3. to remove
  4. to shun, flee from
  5. to hit sideways
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جَنَبَ (janaba) I (non-past يَجْنُبُ (yajnubu), verbal noun جِنَاب (jināb))

  1. to be far off
  2. to keep far
  3. to shun, avoid
  4. to cause to avoid
  5. to miss, long for
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جَنَبَ (janaba) I (non-past يَجْنُبُ (yajnubu), verbal noun جَنَب (janab) or مَجْنَب (majnab))

  1. to lead by the side
  2. to place a horse as leader beside another
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جَنَبَ (janaba) I (non-past يَجْنُبُ (yajnubu), verbal noun جَنَابَة (janāba))

  1. to be a stranger, reside among strangers
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جَنَبَ (janaba) I (non-past يَجْنُبُ (yajnubu), verbal noun جُنُوب (junūb))

  1. to blow from the south
  2. to blow towards the south
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Etymology 2

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جُنِبَ (juniba) I (passive-only, non-past يُجْنَبُ (yujnabu), verbal noun ?)

  1. to suffer from pleurisy
  2. to be exposed to the south wind
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Etymology 3

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جَنَّبَ (jannaba) II (non-past يُجَنِّبُ (yujannibu), verbal noun تَجْنِيب (tajnīb))

  1. (transitive) to keep far, to remove to a distance
  2. (ditransitive) to cause (one) to avoid (something or someone)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 92:14-18:
      فَأَنْذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّى / لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى / الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ / وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى / الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّىٰ
      faʔanḏartukum nāran talaẓẓā / lā yaṣlāhā ʔillā l-ʔašqā / allaḏī kaḏḏaba watawallā / wasayujannabuhā al-ʔatqā / allaḏī yuʔtī mālahu yatazakkā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to put aside
  4. to lead walking by the side
  5. (transitive) to be distant from
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Etymology 4

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جَنْب (janbm (plural جُنُوب (junūb) or أَجْنَاب (ʔajnāb))

  1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba, to turn aside, refuse) (form I)
  2. side, flank, half of the body
    ذَات الْجَنْبḏāt al-janbpleurisy
    ذُو الْجَنْبḏū l-janbafflicted with pleurisy
  3. boundary
  4. coast
  5. tract, region
  6. principal part
  7. combat, battle
  8. reproach
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Etymology 5

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جَنَب (janabm

  1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)
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Etymology 6

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جُنُب (junub)

  1. (Islam) in a state of major (ritual) impurity
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  • Turkish: cünüp

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ج ن ب
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒanb/, [d͡ʒamb]

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جنب (janb)

  1. next to
  2. beside

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جنب (janbm (plural أَجْناب (ʔajnāb))

  1. side, flank, half of the body
  2. part

Etymology 2

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From Arabic جَنَّبَ (jannaba).

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جَنَّب (jannab) II (non-past يِجَنِّب (yijannib))

  1. to turn aside, decline
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    Conjugation of جنب (jannab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جنبت (jannabt) جنبت (jannabt) جنب (jannab) جنبنا (jannabna) جنبتوا (jannabtu) جنبوا (jannabu)
f جنبتي (jannabti) جنبت (jannabat)
non-past m أجنب (ʔajannib) تجنب (tijannib) يجنب (yijannib) نجنب (nijannib) تجنبوا (tijannibu) يجنبوا (yijannibu)
f تجنبي (tijannibi) تجنب (tijannib)
imperative m جنب (jannib) جنبوا (jannibu)
f جنبي (jannibi)

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ج ن ب
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Etymology

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From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

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جنب (janbm (plural جناب (jnāb))

  1. side, flank

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج ن ب
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

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  • IPA(key): /ʒanb/, [ʒamb], [d͡ʒamb]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

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جنب (janb)

  1. next to, beside

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جنب (janbm

  1. side, flank