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جنب
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaجَنَابَةٌ جناب جنابه جنابة : see جَنْبٌ, in four places: and see جَانِبٌ. -A2- See also جَنْبَةٌ. ― -b2- Accord. to IAth, its primary signification is Distance: and hence it signifies The state of him who is under the obligation of performing a total ablution, by reason of sexual intercourse and discharge of the semen. (TA.) ― -b3- The sperma genitalis [itself]. (K. [But in a marginal note in my copy of that work I find this last signification rejected as erroneous.]) -A3- See also the next paragraph.
Derived headwords
جَنَابَةٌ
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