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جِنْس

a kind

Noun · masculineRoot ج-ن-س

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Highlights

Plural
أَجْنَاس

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
جِنْسِيّ
generic
Verb · Form III
جَانَسَ
to be akin to
Verb · Form II
جَنَّسَ
to make alike
Noun
جِنْسِيَّة
nationality

جِنْس in English

Noun · masculine

  1. a kind; a variety; a breed
    اَلْجَزَاءُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَلThe punishment fits the crime.
  2. a category to which one or more things belong
    1. the quality of maleness or femaleness
    2. grammatical gender
    3. a stock; a breed
      الجِنْس البَشَرِيّthe human stock
    4. genus
  3. sex, sexual intercourse uncountable, vulgar
    أنا أحب الجنس، والمرأة التي كالقطة تموء، وأحب الجسد الأسمر والطبيعة والعزف المتصاعد.I like sex. I like women that moan like pussycats. I like dark bodies, and nature, and rising melodies.(Can we date this quote?), Fawzī Ḏaybān, إِكْمِيل [ʔikmīl, ʾIkmīl]
  4. value, worth, distinction which reflects in a different price, richness
    كركند: الغافقي قيل أنه حجر يشبه الياقوت الأحمر غير أنه ليس في نضارته ولا جنسه وإذا نفخ عليه النار انكسر والمبرد يعمل فيه عملاً خفيفاً.Ruby spinel: Al-Ġāfaqīy [d. 1164]: It is said to be a stone similar to ruby but it isn’t in its shine nor value. And when fire is blown upon it then it bursts. The file works upon it but feebly.a. 1248, ابن البيطار [Ibn al-Bayṭār], الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum]
  5. good or item of value of a furnishing, a valuable, commodity

Word origin

Probably from Classical Syriac ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (gensā), which is in turn probably from Ancient Greek γένος (génos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Alternatively, but much less likely, from Latin genus from the same Indo-European etymon. For the word's meanings, compare with German Geschlecht (“race; genus; maleness or femaleness; grammatical gender”).

Words from the root ج-ن-س

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

جَنَّسَ · present يُجَنِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to make alike, to make similar; to assimilate, to naturalize; to class, to classify, to sort, to categorize

تَجْنِيس
Verbal noun
homogenization
مُجَنِّس
Active participle
مُجَنَّس
Passive participle
جَانَسَ · present يُجَانِسُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to be akin to, to be related to, to be similar to; to be of the same kind as; to be like, to resemble

مُجَانَسَة
Verbal noun
جِنَاس
Verbal noun
pun
مُجَانِس
Active participle
مُجَانَس
Passive participle
تَجَنَّسَ · present يَتَجَنَّسُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to become naturalized, to acquire citizenship; to be naturalized

تَجَنُّس
Verbal noun
مُتَجَنِّس
Active participle
مُتَجَنَّس
Passive participle
تَجَانَسَ · present يَتَجَانَسُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to be akin, to be related, to be the same kind, to be homogeneous

تَجَانُس
Verbal noun
مُتَجَانِس
Active participle · Adjective
homogenous
اِسْتَجْنَسَ · present يَسْتَجْنِسُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to sexualize; to make into kind

اِسْتِجْنَاس
Verbal noun
مُسْتَجْنِس
Active participle
مُسْتَجْنَس
Passive participle
جِنْس
Noun · m.
a kind
جِنْسِيّ
Adjective
generic
جِنْسِيَّة
Noun · f.
nationality
جُنُوسَة
Noun · f.
gender

جِنْس: plural and other forms

Singularجِنْس
Pluralأَجْنَاس

جِنْس in a sentence

Dictionary examples

a kind

اَلْجَزَاءُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَلThe punishment fits the crime.

a stock

الجِنْس البَشَرِيّthe human stock

sex

أنا أحب الجنس، والمرأة التي كالقطة تموء، وأحب الجسد الأسمر والطبيعة والعزف المتصاعد.I like sex. I like women that moan like pussycats. I like dark bodies, and nature, and rising melodies.(Can we date this quote?), Fawzī Ḏaybān, إِكْمِيل [ʔikmīl, ʾIkmīl]

value

كركند: الغافقي قيل أنه حجر يشبه الياقوت الأحمر غير أنه ليس في نضارته ولا جنسه وإذا نفخ عليه النار انكسر والمبرد يعمل فيه عملاً خفيفاً.Ruby spinel: Al-Ġāfaqīy [d. 1164]: It is said to be a stone similar to ruby but it isn’t in its shine nor value. And when fire is blown upon it then it bursts. The file works upon it but feebly.a. 1248, ابن البيطار [Ibn al-Bayṭār], الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum]

From a fully vowelled text

وَأَمَّا هذَا الْجِنْسُ فَلاَ يَخْرُجُ إِلاَّ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَالصَّوْمِ».Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.Matthew 17:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَلَمْ يُوجَدْ مَنْ يَرْجِعُ لِيُعْطِيَ مَجْدًا ِللهِ غَيْرُ هذَا الْغَرِيبِ الْجِنْسِ؟»There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.Luke 17:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هذَا الْجِنْسُ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِشَيْءٍ إِلاَّ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَالصَّوْمِ».And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.Mark 9:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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