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جَبان
coward /d͡ʒaˈbaːn/
nounB1#2276 most common
Also: cowardly, craven, faint-hearted person
Example sentences
هُوَ جَبَان.
He is a coward.
أَخِي لَيْسَ جَبَانًا.
My brother is not a coward.
لَا تَكُنْ جَبَانًا وَقُلِ الحَقِيقَةَ.
Do not be a coward and tell the truth.
يَصِفُهُ زُمَلَاؤُهُ بِأَنَّهُ جَبَان لِأَنَّهُ يَهْرُبُ مِنَ المَسْؤُولِيَّةِ.
His colleagues describe him as a coward because he runs from responsibility.
الجُبَنَاءُ يَمُوتُونَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِمْ.
Cowards die a thousand times before their death.
مِنَ السَّهْلِ أَنْ تَتَّهِمَ غَيْرَكَ بِالجُبْنِ، لَكِنَّ الجَبَانَ الحَقِيقِيَّ هُوَ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّى عَنْ مَبَادِئِهِ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ اخْتِبَارٍ.
It is easy to accuse others of cowardice, but the real coward is the one who abandons his principles at the first test.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَبَانٌ | جُبَنَاءُ |
| Genitive | جَبَانٍ | جُبَنَاءَ |
| Accusative | جَبَانًا | جُبَنَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا جَبَانُ | يَا جُبَنَاءُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ج-ب-ن (j-b-n), which carries the sense of cowardice and shrinking from danger. جَبَان follows the فَعَال pattern, which marks a person by a persistent trait. It is the direct adjective and noun of the person who has جُبْن, cowardice.
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