جَنَابٌ

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جَنَابٌ : see جَنْبٌ, in five places. [Hence,] كُنَّا عَنْهُمْ جَنَابَيْنِ and جَنَابًا We were remote, or retired, from them; or out of their way.
2 Also, and جَانِبٌ , A court, or yard, or an open or a wide space in front of a house or extending from its sides: and a place of alighting or abode; or a settlement, or place of settling: a mansion; an abode; a habitation; or a place to which a man betakes himself, or repairs, for lodging, covert, or refuge, in a city or town or village or other place of settled habitations; syn. رَحْلٌ: and a vicinage, neighbourhood, or tract adjacent to the place of abode or settlement, of a people or company of men: pl. أَجْنِبَةٌ. You say, أَنَا فِى جَنَابِ زَيْدٍ I am in the court, or yard, of Zeyd; and in his place of alighting or abode, or settlement. And فُلَانٌ رَحْبُ الجَنَابِ, and خَصِيبُ الجَنَابِ, the former meaning Such a one is possessed of an ample رَحْل [or mansion, &c., as explained above]: [and the latter, such a one is surrounded by a plentiful, or fruitful, tract:] or both mean such a one is generous or bountiful [or hospitable]. And فَلَانٌ جَدِيبُ الجَنَابِ [meaning Such a one is environed by a tract affected with drought, or barrenness; as explained in the S in art. جدب: but generally used tropically, as meaning such a one is ungenerous, illiberal, or inhospitable]. And أَخْصَبَ جَنَابُ القَوْمِ [The neighbourhood of the people, or the tract surrounding them, became plentiful, or fruitful]. And أَجْدَبَ بِنَا الجَنَابُ [Our neighbourhood, or the tract surrounding us, became affected with drought, or barrenness].
3 رَجُلٌ لَيِّنُ الجَنَابِ [perhaps a mistranscription for الجَانِبِ] A man easy to deal with, compliant, or obsequious.
4 [الجَنَابُ is also a title often given by writers of letters and the like to any great man to whom others betake themselves, or repair, for protection; and sometimes to God; meaning The object of recourse; the refuge; the asylum: similar to الحَضْرَةُ, q. v., and used in the same manner, i. e., alone, and, without the article, prefixed to the name of the person to whom it is applied, or to a pronoun; but the latter is generally considered as implying greater respect than the former.]

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