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ج-ن-ب

The Arabic root ج-ن-ب (j-n-b)

Form I verb جَنَبَ: to turn aside

17 words in the dictionary are built from ج-ن-ب, including verbs in Forms I, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
side
Noun
south
Adjective
southern
Adjective
أَجْنَبِيّ
foreign
Verb · Form V
تَجَنَّبَ
to avoid
Noun
أَجْنَبِيّ
foreigner
Verb · Form I
جَنَبَ
to turn aside
Verb · Form I
جَنَبَ
to be far off

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

جَنَبَ · present يَجْنُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to turn aside, decline; to refuse, turn off; to remove

جَنْب
Verbal noun
Active participle
side
مَجْنُوب
Passive participle
جَنَبَ · present يَجْنُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to be far off; to keep far; to shun, avoid

جِنَاب
Verbal noun
جَانِب
Active participle
مَجْنُوب
Passive participle
جَنَبَ · present يَجْنُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to blow from the south; to blow towards the south

جُنُوب
Verbal noun
جَانِب
Active participle
مَجْنُوب
Passive participle
جَنَبَ · present يَجْنُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to lead by the side; to place a horse as leader beside another

جَنَب
Verbal noun
مَجْنَب
Verbal noun
جَانِب
Active participle
مَجْنُوب
Passive participle
جَنَبَ · present يَجْنُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to be a stranger, reside among strangers

جَنَابَة
Verbal noun
جَانِب
Active participle
تَجَنَّبَ · present يَتَجَنَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to avoid, to shun; to be far from (transitive); to keep (عَن (ʕan) from)

تَجَنُّب
Verbal noun
مُتَجَنِّب
Active participle
مُتَجَنَّب
Passive participle
اِجْتَنَبَ · present يَجْتَنِبُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to avoid, to abstain from, to keep away from

اِجْتِنَاب
Verbal noun
refraining
مُجْتَنِب
Active participle
مُجْتَنَب
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
south
Adjective
southern
أَجْنَبِيّ
Adjective
foreign
أَجْنَبِيّ
Noun
foreigner
تَجْنِيب
Noun

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