جاذب

See also: حادث

Arabic

Root
ج ذ ب (j-ḏ-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of جَذَبَ (jaḏaba, “to attract, to captivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ðib/

Adjective

جَاذِب • (jāḏib) (feminine جَاذِبَة (jāḏiba), masculine plural جَاذِبُونَ (jāḏibūna), feminine plural جَاذِبَات (jāḏibāt) or جَوَاذِب (jawāḏib), elative أَجْذَب (ʔajḏab))

1. attractive
2. (figurative) magnetic
3. winning, engaging
4. charming, enticing, captivating

Declension

Declension of adjective جَاذِب (jāḏib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَاذِب jāḏib	الْجَاذِب al-jāḏib	جَاذِبَة jāḏiba	الْجَاذِبَة al-jāḏiba
Nominative	جَاذِبٌ jāḏibun	الْجَاذِبُ al-jāḏibu	جَاذِبَةٌ jāḏibatun	الْجَاذِبَةُ al-jāḏibatu
Accusative	جَاذِبًا jāḏiban	الْجَاذِبَ al-jāḏiba	جَاذِبَةً jāḏibatan	الْجَاذِبَةَ al-jāḏibata
Genitive	جَاذِبٍ jāḏibin	الْجَاذِبِ al-jāḏibi	جَاذِبَةٍ jāḏibatin	الْجَاذِبَةِ al-jāḏibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَاذِبَيْن jāḏibayn	الْجَاذِبَيْن al-jāḏibayn	جَاذِبَتَيْن jāḏibatayn	الْجَاذِبَتَيْن al-jāḏibatayn
Nominative	جَاذِبَانِ jāḏibāni	الْجَاذِبَانِ al-jāḏibāni	جَاذِبَتَانِ jāḏibatāni	الْجَاذِبَتَانِ al-jāḏibatāni
Accusative	جَاذِبَيْنِ jāḏibayni	الْجَاذِبَيْنِ al-jāḏibayni	جَاذِبَتَيْنِ jāḏibatayni	الْجَاذِبَتَيْنِ al-jāḏibatayni
Genitive	جَاذِبَيْنِ jāḏibayni	الْجَاذِبَيْنِ al-jāḏibayni	جَاذِبَتَيْنِ jāḏibatayni	الْجَاذِبَتَيْنِ al-jāḏibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَاذِبِين jāḏibīn	الْجَاذِبِين al-jāḏibīn	جَاذِبَات‎; جَوَاذِب jāḏibāt‎; jawāḏib	الْجَاذِبَات‎; الْجَوَاذِب al-jāḏibāt‎; al-jawāḏib
Nominative	جَاذِبُونَ jāḏibūna	الْجَاذِبُونَ al-jāḏibūna	جَاذِبَاتٌ‎; جَوَاذِبُ jāḏibātun‎; jawāḏibu	الْجَاذِبَاتُ‎; الْجَوَاذِبُ al-jāḏibātu‎; al-jawāḏibu
Accusative	جَاذِبِينَ jāḏibīna	الْجَاذِبِينَ al-jāḏibīna	جَاذِبَاتٍ‎; جَوَاذِبَ jāḏibātin‎; jawāḏiba	الْجَاذِبَاتِ‎; الْجَوَاذِبَ al-jāḏibāti‎; al-jawāḏiba
Genitive	جَاذِبِينَ jāḏibīna	الْجَاذِبِينَ al-jāḏibīna	جَاذِبَاتٍ‎; جَوَاذِبَ jāḏibātin‎; jawāḏiba	الْجَاذِبَاتِ‎; الْجَوَاذِبِ al-jāḏibāti‎; al-jawāḏibi

Derived terms

• جَاذِبِيَّة f (jāḏibiyya, noun)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جاذب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جاذب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN