LessonsSix Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent UsageQuiz

اِجْتَنَبَ
Translation: He took a side.
The source uses this under adoption and links the sense to janb (“side”). The adoption involved is taking a direction or position; it is not automatically the function of striving or personal selection.
In broader Arabic, ijtanaba can also mean keeping away from something. Here we preserve the particular textbook gloss rather than substituting a different familiar lexical meaning.

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Adoption: Taking a Side

Six Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent Usage

اِجْتَنَبَ
Translation: He took a side.
The source uses this under adoption and links the sense to janb (“side”). The adoption involved is taking a direction or position; it is not automatically the function of striving or personal selection.
In broader Arabic, ijtanaba can also mean keeping away from something. Here we preserve the particular textbook gloss rather than substituting a different familiar lexical meaning.