جنب

3 جانبهُ جانب جانبه جانبة , (A, K,) inf. n. مُجَانَبَةٌ and جِنَابٌ, (K,) He was, or became, at, or by, his side: (A, K:) and he walked, or went, by his side. (A.) -A2- Also i. q. بَا عَدَهُ; (A, K;) i. e. He was, or became, [ distant, remote, far off, or aloof, from him; or] apart from him; or in a part, quarter, or tract, different from that in which he (the other) was; (TA;) thus bearing two contr. significations. (A, K.) جانبهُ and ↓ تجانبهُ and ↓ تجنّبُهُ and ↓ اجتنبهُ all signify the same, (S, K,) i. e. He was, or became, distant, remote, far off, or aloof, or he went, or removed, or retired, or withdrew himself, to a distance, or far away, or far off, or he alienated, or estranged, himself, or he stood, or kept, aloof, from him, or it; he shunned, or avoided, him, or it; as also ↓ جِنّبه (K) [and مِنْهُ ↓ تجنّب]. You say, جَانِبِ اللِّئَامَ [ Remove thyself far from the mean, or ignoble; stand, or keep, aloof from them; shun, or avoid, them ]. (A.) And لَجَّ فِى جِنَابٍ قَبِيحٍ He persisted in removing himself to a distance, or estranging himself, from his family. (S, A, K. [In two copies of the S, I find جناب here written with fet-h to the ج; but it is expressly said in the TA to be with kesr.]) ― -b2- See also 1.