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▪ DRS 3 (1993) #GNB-1 prot Sem *ganb- ‘côté’: oAram gb, Palm gbʔ, Syr gabbā, Mnd gamba, ganba; Ar ǧanb; Mhr Jib ganb, Ḥrs yanb, Gz gabbō, Te gäbo, ǧäm, Tña gobo ‘côté, flanc’. – YemAr ǧanb, ǧamb ‘épaule’. – Mnd ganpa ‘aile, voile’. – nHbr ginnēb ‘se tenir derrière, éloigné’, JP gannēb ‘prendre une voie détournée, faire des circonlocutions’, Ar ǧanaba ‘s’éloigner, s’écarter en se mettant de côté’, ǧaniba ‘boiter’, Sab gnb ‘être à côté’, Mhr gátnəb ‘mettre qn à l’écart’, Jib šəgníb ‘pouvoir être attaché à l’autre (chameau)’, Jib gúnúb, Mhr gáynəb ‘ne pas aimer son petit et ne pas lui donner de lait (chamelle)’, Te gänbä, gämbä ‘ne pas donner de lait (vache)’, ʔätgämba ‘chasser, faire fuir’, təgämba ‘courir’, gənbəya ‘manière de courir du chameau qui lance les pattes de côté’, (tə)ǧännäbä ‘marcher lentement, à son rythme’. – Pun gnb, Hbr gānab, YaAram Palm Mnd *gnb, JP Syr gᵊnab, nSyr gāniw ‘voler, commettre un larcin’; Hbr gannāb, oAram *gnb, EmpAram gnb ‘voleur’, JP gannäbä, Mnd ganaba. – Mnd ganib, ganiba ‘impur, isolé en raison de son impureté, banni’; Ar ǧunub ‘étranger; récalcitrant; en état d’impureté légale’, YemAr aǧnabī ‘enfant naturel, illégitime’, Mhr əgtənōb, Jib əgténíb ‘avoir une éjaculation nocturne’. – Te gänab, gunub ‘faute, délit’. – Ar ǧanūb ‘sud’. – Ar ǧanbaẗ ‘pot, vase en cuir pour traire le lait’, Gz gənbāt ‘outre de cuir’, Te ganobät ‘peau, cuir’, Tña gänbo, gämbo ‘vase pour la bière’, Amh gänbo, gämbo, Gur gämba, gämbo ‘vase d’argile’. – Ar ǧanbiyyaẗ, Mhr jənbə́yyət, Ḥrs yənbī́yet, Soq gembíeh, Jib gimbít ‘poignard, dague portée à la taille’. – Mhr gənbēt ‘pleurésie, pollution nocturne, sperme, rhume’, Jib gi͗nẹ́b ‘pleurésie; rhume’. -2 Gz ganaba, Amh Arg gännäbä, Gur ginnäbä ‘construire un mur de pierre’, Amh Arg gənb ‘mur de pierre’. -3 Gz Tña Amh Gur gənbot: nom du 9ème mois (mai). -4 Te genb ‘ânesse’. -5 Jib mignẹ́b ‘matelas fait de cuir de vache’, Te gänobät ‘peau’, gänbät, gämbät ‘couverture sous la selle’. -6 JP gunbā, gunbᵊtā ‘queue’. -7 DaṯAr ǧanab ‘aboyer’.
▪ Zammit2002: Hbr gānab ‘to steal’, postBiblHbr ginnēb ‘to keep behind’, Pun gnb ‘to steal’, oAram gb ‘side’, TargAram gᵊnab ‘to steal’, gannēb ‘to keep behind, go round about’, Syr gabbā ‘side’, gᵊnab ‘to steal’, SAr gnb ‘to be or fight on the side of, for s.o.’, Ar ǧanb ‘side’, ǧanaba ‘to turn aside; to avoid’, Gz gabō ‘latus’
▪ SED I #85: Ug gb ‘lomo, dorso’; Hbr gab ‘back’, postBiblHbr ‘body, esp. back’ (< *gabb-, poss. < *ganb-); AncPalm gb ‘side’, BiblAram gab ‘Seite’, JudAram gabbā ‘back, body’; cf. gōb, gūb, det. gubbā ‘body, trunk’, and gōnəbā, gənubtā ‘tail’, Syr gabbā, st.abs. and constr. ge(n)b ‘latus’, Mnd gamba, ganba ‘flank, side, border’; cf. also guba ‘body, trunk; thickness’; derived verbs in SAr: Sab gnb ‘to be beside s.th.’, Min gnb ‘se trouver à côté de qn/qc’; Ar ǧanb ‘côté’; Gz gabo ‘side, flank, rib, loins’,¹ Te gäbo ‘side’² , Tña gobo ‘fianco’, Enn gupa ‘height of body, stature’, Gye gʷəpa ‘height’ (all < *gubba, with a meaning shift ‘side; back; body’ > ‘height of body, stature’); Mhr ganb, gənbēt, Ḥrṣ yanb, Jib ganb ‘side’ (all perh. Arabisms).
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1. Leslau’s observation that the EthSem *gab »is probably independent of *gnb in other Sem languages« (he quotes a few similar Agaw forms) is not convincing 2. Cf. also ʔəngəb ‘anus, buttocks’ (< *ʔ˅-g˅nb- with the ʔ˅- prefix and metathesis or *gəb with ʔən‑ prefixed) (cf. also ǧäm, suff. ǧämma, ǧämba ‘side’ (an Arabism?)

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►ǧannaba, vb. II, to keep away, avert, ward off (from s.o. s.th.), keep s.o. out of the way of (s.th.), spare (s.o. s.th.): D-stem, ints.
►ǧānaba, vb. III, 1a to be or walk by s.o.’s side; b to run alongside of (s.th.), run parallel to (s.th.), skirt, flank (s.th.); 2 to avoid (s.th.): L-stem, assoc.
►taǧannaba, vb. V, 1 to avoid (s.th., s.o.); 2 to keep away (s.o. from), steer clear, get out of the way (of): tD-stem, self-ref.
►taǧānaba, vb. VI, = V: tL-stem
►ĭǧtanaba, vb. VIII, 1 = V; 2 to be at the side of (s.th.), run side by side with (s.th.), run alongside of (s.th.), skirt, flank (s.th.): Gt-stem, intr., self-ref.

►^BP#1984ǧanb, pl. ǧunūb, ʔaǧnāb, n., 1 side: the etymon proper?; 2 ǧanbᵃ, prep., beside, next to, near, at | ǧanbᵃⁿ ʔilà ǧanb, also ǧanbᵃⁿ li-ǧanb, adv., side by side; baynᵃ ǧanbay-h, adv., inside (it), within; mā baynᵃ ǧanbay-h, expr., what it contains, comprises, its contents; ʕalà ǧanbⁱ…, prep., aside, apart; ḏāt al-ǧanb, n.f., pleurisy
►ǧanbaẗ, pl. ǧanabāt, n.f., 1 side; 2 region, area: n.un. of ǧanb ?| fī ǧanabāti-h, adv., in it, within, inside; ḍamma-hū bayna ǧanabāti-h, to comprise, hold, contain s.th.; ǧanabāt al-ġurfaẗ, nonhum.pl., the whole room; bayna ǧanabāt al-ġurfaẗ, adv., in (the middle of) the room; zāḫir al-ǧanabāt, adj., crammed, chock-full, brimful, filled to overflowing or bursting
►ǧanbī, adj., lateral, side (adj.): nsb-adj., from ǧanb
►ǧunub, adj., 1 in a state of major ritual impurity; 2 not belonging to the tribe, not a kinsman | al-ǧār al-ǧunub, n., the neighbor not belonging to the family
►ǧanāb, adj. (title of respect), 1 approx.: Right Honorable; 2 ǧanābu-kum, Your Honor; 3 you (polite form)
►ǧanābaẗ, n.f., major ritual impurity (Isl. Law)
►ǧunāb (= ḏāt al-ǧanb), n., pleurisy
►^BP#416ǧanūb, n., adj., 1 south; 2 ǧanūbᵃⁿ, adv., southward, to the south
►^BP#1279ǧanūbī, adj., southern: nsb-adj., from ǧanūb | ǧanūbī ʔifrīqiyā, n., South Africa
►^BP#208ǧānib, pl. ǧawānibᵘ, n., 1a side; b lateral portion; c sidepiece; 2a flank; b wing; c face (geom.); 3a part, portion, partial amount; b partial view, section (min of a scene, picture or panorama); 4a quantity, amount; b a certain number (min of), a few, some | min ǧānibi-h, expr., on his part; min ǧānib… min ǧānibi ʔāḫar, on the one hand… on the other hand…; ʔilà ǧānibi-h, 1 to him, to his address; 2 at his (its) side, next to him (it); bi-ǧānibi-h, beside him (it), next to him (it); ʔilà ǧānibⁱ… and bi-ǧānibⁱ…, prep., 1 side by side with; 2 in addition to; 3 apart from, aside from; waḍaʕa-hū ǧānibᵃⁿ, to put s.th. aside; to leave s.th. aside, omit s.th.; fī ǧānibⁱ…, prep., 1 in comparison with, as compared with, as against; 2 regarding, with regard to; mā bayna ǧawānibi-him, expr., their hearts; ǧānibā l-fam, n.du., the corners of the mouth; ǧānibᵘⁿ min…, 1a a considerable, or certain, degree of; b a considerable amount of, a good deal of; ǧānibᵘⁿ kabīrᵘⁿ min, n., a great deal of, a large portion of; huwa ʕalà ǧānibⁱⁿ kabīrⁱⁿ min, expr., he is very ...; kāna ʕalà ǧānibⁱⁿ ʕaẓīmⁱⁿ min al-karam, to be very generous; ʕalà ǧānibⁱⁿ ʕaẓīmⁱⁿ min al-ʔahammiyyaẗ, of great importance; ʕalà ʔaʕẓamⁱ ǧānibⁱ l-ḫuṭūraẗ, of utmost importance, of greatest significance; fī kullⁱ ǧānib, adv., everywhere, on all sides; ḫafaḍa la-hū ǧānibu-h, vb., 1 to show o.s. condescending, affable or gracious to s.o.; 2 to meet s.o. on fair terms; ʔamina ǧāniba-h, vb., to be safe from s.o.; lam ʔuʕir-hu ǧānibᵃ ĭhtimām, expr., I paid not the least attention to him; ḫāfa (rahiba, hāba) ǧāniba-h, vb., to fear s.o., be afraid of s.o.; milk al-ǧānib, n., crown lands; ǧānib al-mīrī, n., fisc, treasury (EgAr); layyin al-ǧānib, adj., 1 gentle; 2 docile, tractable, compliant; līn al-ǧānib, n., gentleness; raḥb al-ǧānib, adj., 1 roomy; 2 spacious, unconfined; raqīq al-ǧānib, adj., friendly, amiable, gentle; marhūb al-ǧānib, adj., feared, dreaded; ʕazīz al-ǧānib, adj., powerful, mighty, strong; ʕizzaẗ al-ǧānib, n.f., power; mahīb al-ǧānib, adj., dreaded, respected; fī ǧānib al-dār, expr., 1 about the house, all over the house; 2 often fī ǧānibi-h = fī-h
►^BP#3452ǧānibī, adj., lateral, side, by- (in compounds): nsb-adj., from ǧānib
►^BP#723ʔaǧnabī, 1 adj., foreign, alien; 2 n., pl. -ūn, ʔaǧānibᵘ, foreigner, alien | al-bilād al-ʔaǧnabiyyaẗ, non-hum.pl., the foreign countries, the outside world; firqaẗ al-ʔaǧānib, n.f., the Foreign Legion
► EgAr ǧannābiyyaẗ, pl. -āt, n.f., 1 curb; 2 embankment, levee; 3 side channel, lateral (following a road or railroad tracks); 4 bypass (of a lock or sluice)
►^BP#3109taǧannub, n., avoidance: vn. V
►ĭǧtināb, n., avoidance: vn. VIII
►muǧannibaẗ, n.f., flank, wing (of an army): PA II

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗ǧanb, ↗ǧānib, ↗ǧunub, ↗ʔaǧnabī, ↗ǧanāb, ↗ǧunāb, and ↗ǧanūb, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ǦNB.

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