جنب

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.na.ba/

Verb

جَنَبَ • (janaba) I, non-past يَجْنُبُ‎ (yajnubu)

1. to turn aside, decline
2. to refuse, turn off
3. to remove
4. to shun, flee from
5. to hit sideways

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جنب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Verb

جَنَبَ • (janaba) I, non-past يَجْنُبُ‎ (yajnubu)

1. to be far off
2. to keep far
3. to shun, avoid
4. to cause to avoid
5. to miss, long for

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جنب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Verb

جَنَبَ • (janaba) I, non-past يَجْنُبُ‎ (yajnubu)

1. to lead by the side
2. to place a horse as leader beside another

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جنب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Verb

جَنَبَ • (janaba) I, non-past يَجْنُبُ‎ (yajnubu)

1. to be a stranger, reside among strangers

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جنب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Verb

جَنَبَ • (janaba) I, non-past يَجْنُبُ‎ (yajnubu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.ni.ba/

Verb

جُنِبَ • (juniba) I, non-past يُجْنَبُ‎ (yujnabu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.na.ba/

Verb

جَنَّبَ • (jannaba) II, non-past يُجَنِّبُ‎ (yujannibu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanb/

Noun

جَنْب • (janb) m (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 الْجَنْب ― ḏāt al-janb ― pleurisy

   ذُو الْجَنْب ― ḏū l-janb ― afflicted with pleurisy

3. boundary
4. coast
5. tract, region
6. principal part
7. combat, battle
8. reproach

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 247

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.nab/

Noun

جَنَب • (janab) m

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

Declension

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nub/

Adjective

جُنُب • (junub)

1. (Islam) in a state of major (ritual) impurity

Declension

Descendants

• → Turkish: cünüp

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanb/,

Preposition

جنب • (janb)

1. next to
2. beside

Noun

جنب • (janb) m (plural أَجْناب (ʔajnāb))

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

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَنَّبَ (jannaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.nab/

Verb

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

1. to turn aside, decline

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒanb/

Noun

جنب • (janb) m (plural جناب (jnāb))

1. side, flank

South Levantine Arabic

Picture dictionary
فوق تحت بـ/ في قدام ورا على جنب بين
Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒanb/, ,

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Preposition

جنب • (janb)

1. next to, beside

Noun

جنب • (janb) m

1. side, flank