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جنب

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4 اجنبهُ أجنبه اجنبه اجنبة جنب : see 1, in the former half of the paragraph, in two places. -A2- اجنب, (S, IAth, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. اـِجْنَابٌ; (IAth, TA;) and ↓ جَنِبَ; (IB, K;) but the former is more common than the latter; and the latter, than the next here following; (IB, TA;) and ↓ جَنُبَ (S, Msb, K,) [inf. n. جَنَابَةٌ, agreeably with analogy;] and ↓ جَنَبَ, aor. جَنُبَ ; (L, TA;) and أُجْنِبَ, and ↓ استجنب, (K,) and ↓ تجنّب; (L, TA;) He was, or became, in the state of one who is termed جُنُب; (S, IAth, Mgh, L, Msb, K;) i. e., under the obligation of performing a total ablution, by reason of sexual intercourse and discharge of the semen. (IAth, TA.) لَا يُجْنِبُ, said by I' Ab, of a man, and of a garment, and of the ground, (TA,) and of water, (Mgh, TA,) means (tropical:) He, or it, will not become polluted (Mgh, TA) by the touch of him who is جُنُب so that one should need total ablution in consequence of the touching thereof. (TA.) -A3- اجنبوا They entered upon [ a time in which blew ] the [ south, or southerly, ] wind termed الجُنُوب. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- See also 1 in the latter half of the paragraph.

Derived headwords

اجنبهُverb
  1. 1.
لَا يُجْنِبُ