# تجنب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.d͡ʒan.na.ba/

#### Verb

تَجَنَّبَ • (tajannaba) V (non-past يَتَجَنَّبُ (yatajannabu), verbal noun تَجَنُّب (tajannub))
* to avoid, to shun
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 87:9-11:فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَى / سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَى / وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَىfaḏakkir ʔin nafaʕati ḏ-ḏikrā / sayaḏḏakkaru man yaḵšā / wayatajannabuhā l-ʔašqā(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to be far from (transitive)
* to keep (عَن (ʕan) from)
* to turn aside (intransitive)

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تجنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.d͡ʒan.nub/

#### Noun

تَجَنُّب • (tajannub) m
* verbal noun of تَجَنَّبَ (tajannaba) (form V)
    حَرَصَ جُحَا عَلَى تَجَنُّبِ غَضَبِ زَوْجَتِهِ وَمَرَّةً...ḥaraṣa juḥā ʕalā tajannubi ḡaḍabi zawjatihi wamarratan...Joha was keen to avoid his wife's anger and once ...

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.3
#### Verb

تجنب (form I)
* تَجْنُبُ (tajnubu) /tad͡ʒ.nu.bu/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُجْنَبُ (tujnabu) /tud͡ʒ.na.bu/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba) and جُنِبَ (juniba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تَجْنُبَ (tajnuba) /tad͡ʒ.nu.ba/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُجْنَبَ (tujnaba) /tud͡ʒ.na.ba/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba) and جُنِبَ (juniba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تَجْنُبْ (tajnub) /tad͡ʒ.nub/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُجْنَبْ (tujnab) /tud͡ʒ.nab/: inflection of جَنَبَ (janaba) and جُنِبَ (juniba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### Etymology 1.4
#### Verb

تجنب (form II)
* تُجَنِّبُ (tujannibu) /tu.d͡ʒan.ni.bu/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُجَنَّبُ (tujannabu) /tu.d͡ʒan.na.bu/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُجَنِّبَ (tujanniba) /tu.d͡ʒan.ni.ba/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُجَنَّبَ (tujannaba) /tu.d͡ʒan.na.ba/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُجَنِّبْ (tujannib) /tu.d͡ʒan.nib/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُجَنَّبْ (tujannab) /tu.d͡ʒan.nab/: inflection of جَنَّبَ (jannaba):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “جنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَجَنَّبَ (tajannaba).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʒan.nab/, [ɪdˈʒan.nab], [ɪdˈd͡ʒan.nab]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

تجنّب • (tjannab) V (present بتجنّب (bitjannab))
* to avoid, to keep away from