انجذاب

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b)

Etymology[edit]

From ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b) meaning to attract, to pull or draw, to drink or suck in.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

اِنْجِذَاب (injiḏābm

  1. verbal noun of اِنْجَذَبَ (injaḏaba, to be enraptured) (form VII)
    1. attraction, affinity, inclination
    2. fascination, captivation
    3. gravitation

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “جذب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 394-395, meaning to pull or draw, to drag, to attract, to tug, to drink or suck in, to trail along after.