Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

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

Verb

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

1. to be a stranger, reside among strangers

Conjugation

References

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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 another
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

Etymology 4

Noun

جَنْب • ‎(janb) m ‎(plural جُنُوب ‎(junūb) or أَجْنَاب ‎(ʾajnāb))

1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ ‎(janaba, “to turn aside, refuse”) (form I)
2. side, flank, half of the body

   ذَاة 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

Etymology 5

Noun

جَنَب • ‎(janab) m

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

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanb/, [d͡ʒamb]

Etymology 1

From the root ج ن ب ‎(j-n-b); "to be next to", cognate to Standard Arabic بِجَانِب ‎(bijānib).

Preposition

جَنْب • ‎(janb)

1. next to
2. beside

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَنْب ‎(janb).

noun

جَنْب • ‎(janb) m (plural أَجْناب ‎(ʼajnāb))

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