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جَنُوب
south /d͡ʒaˈnuːb/
nounA2#1288 most common
Also: the South (region), south wind
Example sentences
أَنا مِن الجَنُوب.
I am from the south.
نَذْهَبُ إِلى الجَنُوبِ في الصَّيْف.
We go to the south in summer.
تَقَعُ المَدينَةُ في جَنُوبِ البِلادِ.
The city lies in the south of the country.
هَبَّتْ رِياحٌ بارِدَةٌ مِن الجَنُوبِ في اللَّيْل.
Cold winds blew from the south during the night.
يَشْهَدُ الجَنُوبُ نُمُوًّا اقْتِصادِيًّا مَلْحوظًا هذا العام.
The south is seeing notable economic growth this year.
ظَلَّ الجَنُوبُ، بِتَنَوُّعِهِ الثَّقافِيِّ، عَصِيًّا عَلى مُحاوَلاتِ التَّوْحيدِ القَسْرِيِّ.
The south, with its cultural diversity, remained resistant to attempts at forced unification.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَنُوبٌ | None |
| Genitive | جَنُوبٍ | None |
| Accusative | جَنُوبًا | None |
| Vocative | يا جَنُوبُ | None |
Word family
Etymology
Arabic جَنُوب comes from the triliteral root ج-ن-ب, which carries the sense of side or flank. The same root gives جَنْب, side, and the verb اِجْتَنَبَ, to avoid. In older usage جَنُوب named the south wind before it settled into the modern sense of the southern direction.
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