Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَنَابَةٌ

Root: جنب

Full Definition

جَنَابَةٌ : see جَنْبٌ, in four places: and see جَانِبٌ.

def.2 See also جَنْبَةٌ.
2 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.
3 The sperma genitalis [itself].

def.3 See also the next paragraph.


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