جَنَابَةٌ
1.
: see جَنْبٌ, in four places: and see جَانِبٌ.
2.
See also جَنْبَةٌ.
3.
Accord. to IAth, its primary signification is Distance: and hence it signifies The state of him who is under the obligation of performing a total ablution, by reason of sexual intercourse and discharge of the semen. (TA.)
4.
The sperma genitalis [itself]. (K. [But in a marginal note in my copy of that work I find this last signification rejected as erroneous.])
5.
See also the next paragraph.