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ج س م

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root جسم. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

جَسُمَ جسم , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. جَسُمَ , (K,) inf. n. جَسَامَةٌ , (Msb, TA,) He, or it, (a thing, S,) was, or became, great, or large: (S, K:) or so جَسِمَ , aor. جَسَمَ , inf. n. جَسَمٌ : and the former, it (a thing) was, or it, was, or became, great, big, or bulky: (Msb:) or he, or it, was, or became, great, or large, in body: (KL:) or he, or it, was, or became, corpulent; or corporeal, or bodied; as also ↓ تجسّم . (MA, PS.)

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جسّم جسم , inf. n. تَجْسِيمٌ , He, or it, made, or rendered, corporeal; or great, large, big, or bulky. (KL.) ― -b2- [He made to be solid, or to have length and breadth and thickness.]

تَجَسَّمَ see 1. ― -b2- [Hence,] تجسّم فِى عَيْنِى كَذَا (tropical:) Such a thing assumed a form, or shape, [or an embodiment,] in my eye. (TA.) And تجسّم فُلَانٌ مِنَ الكَرَمِ (tropical:) [app. Such a one was, or became, an embodiment of generosity]. (TA.) And كَأَنَّهُ كَرَمٌ قَدْ تَجَسَّمَ (tropical:) [app. As though he were generosity embodied]. (TA.) -A2- تجسّم فُلَانًا (tropical:) He chose such a one (S, K, TA) مِنْ بَيْنِ القَوْمِ [from among the people, or party], (S,) or مِنَ العَشِيرَةِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ [from the kinsfolk, or tribe, &c., and sent him]: (TA:) as though he directed his course, or aim, to, or towards, his جِسْم [or body]; like as you say, تَأَيَّيْتُهُ , meaning “ I directed my course, or aim, to, or towards, his ا=يَة , and his شَخْص . ” (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم .] One says also, تَجَسَّمْهَا نَاقَةً مِنَ الاـِبِلِ قَا@نْحَرْهَا [Choose thou her, a she-camel from among the camels, and stick her]. (TA.) ― -b2- تجسّم الأَرْضَ (assumed tropical:) He betook himself towards the land, or country, (S, K,) desiring to go thither. (S.) ― -b3- تجسّم الرَّمْلَ , (S, K,) and الجَبَلَ , (S,) (assumed tropical:) He mounted, or ascended, the greater part of the sand, (S, K,) and of the mountain. (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم .] ― -b4- تجسّم الأَمْرَ (tropical:) i. q. رَكِبَ مُعْظَمَهُ ; (S, K, TA;) i. e., He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, the main part, or bulk, of the affair: (TK:) or he constrained himself to do it, or perform it; as also تجشّمهُ : (Aboo-Mihjen, Aboo-Turáb, TA:) or both these verbs signify he took it, or imposed it, upon himself, or he undertook it, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience. (Aboo-Turáb, TA in art. جشم .) You say also, فُلَانٌ ↓ يَتَجَسَّمَ المَجَاسِمَ and يَتَجَشَّمُ المَجَاشِمَ (tropical:) [app. meaning Such a one undertakes, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience, those things, or affairs, that are causes of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience; i. e., difficult, or troublesome, or inconvenient things or affairs: supposing the two nouns to be pls. of which the sings. are مَجْسَمَةٌ and مَجْشَمَةٌ , of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ , like مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَشَّقَةٌ (originally مَشْقَقَةٌ ) &c.]. (TA.)

جِسْمٌ جسم The body, with the limbs or members; syn. جَسَدٌ ; (AZ, S, Msb;) as also ↓ جُسْمَانٌ and جُثْمَانٌ : (AZ, S, Msb: *) or جِسْمٌ and ↓ جُسْمَانٌ are syn. with جَسَدٌ ; (As, S;) or signify the whole body and limbs or members of a man, (K, and T and Msb in explanation of جسم ,) and of a beast, a camel, and the like, (T, Msb,) and of any other species, (K,) of large make; (T, Msb, K;) and جُثْمَانٌ is syn. with شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning “ a person ”]; and ↓ جُسْمَانٌ signifies the whole جِسْم of a man: (As, S:) or جِسْمٌ signifies [a body, or material substance; a solid;] a thing having length and breadth and thickness; so that, when it is cut and divided, no portion thereof ceases to be a جِسْم ; whereas a شَخْص [meaning “ a person ”] ceases to be a شَخْص by its being divided: (Er-Rághib, TA:) a thing that is capable of being divided in length and breadth and thickness is called جِسْمٌ طَبِيعِىٌّ , and also, because it is a subject of investigation, or inquiry, in instruction in the mathematical studies, جِسْمٌ تَعْلِيمِىٌّ : (KT:) pl. [of pauc.] أَجْسَامٌ and [of mult] جُسُومٌ . (K.) You say, ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ , (M, A, K, in art. ثوب ,) and أَثَابَ جِسْمُهُ , (IKt, M, ib.,) and ثَابَ اـِلَيْهِ جِسْمُهُ , (T, M, A, ib.,) (tropical:) He became fat, after leanness; (A;) his good state of body returned to him; (M, K; *) his condition of body became good, after extenuation; and health, or soundness, thereof returned to him. (T.) And ↓ اـِنَّهُ لَحَنِيفُ الجُسْمَانِ [Verily he is slender, spare, or lean, of body]. (TA.) ― -b2- الأَجْسَامُ المُخْتَلِفَةُ الطَّبَايءِعِ [The material substances of different natures; also called الأَجْسَامُ السَّبْعَةُ the seven material substances, and الفِلِذَاتُ ; namely,] the عَنَاصِر [which are the four elements, fire, air, earth, and water,] and the three products composed of these, (KT,) which are minerals, vegetables, and animals. (Note in a copy of the KT.) الأَجْسَامُ الطَّبِيعِيَّهُ , as used by those who study to discover occult things, signifies The عَرْش and the كُرْسِىّ : and الأَجْسَامُ العُنْصُرِيَّةُ , everything beside these two, of the heavens and the [elements termed] أُسْطُقُسَات therein. (KT.)

[ جِسْمِىٌّ جسم جسمى جسمي جسميي Bodily, or corporeal.]

[ جِسْمِيَّةٌ جسم جسمي جسميه جسمية Bodiliness, or corporeity.]

جُسْمَانٌ جسم جسمان : see جِسْمٌ , in four places.

جُسْمَانِىٌّ جسم جسمان جسمانى جسماني : see جَسِيمٌ .

جُسَامٌ جسام جسيم : see what next follows

جَسِيمٌ جسيم Great; large; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ جُسَامٌ : (S, K:) big; bulky: (Msb:) fem. with ة : (K:) pl. جِسَامٌ (S, Msb) [and جُسُمٌ also, like as جُدُدٌ is pl. of جَدِيدٌ ]: and corpulent, large in body, or big-bodied; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ جُسْمَانِىٌّ , applied to a man. (TA.) You say, هُوَ مِنْ جِسَامِ الأُمُورِ [It is one of great affairs or events]: and مِنْ جَسِيمَاتِ الخُطُوبِ [meaning the same, or of great afflictions or calamities]. (TA.) And جُسُمٌ [likewise, or أُمُورٌ جُسُمٌ ,] signifies Great affairs or events. (TA.) جَسِيمُ الأَمْرِ signifies [also] The bulk, or the greater, main, principal, or chief, part, of the affair; and so الأَمْرِ ↓ أَجْسَمُ . (S.) ― -b2- [The pl.] جُسُمٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Intelligent men. (TA.) ― -b3- جَسِيمُ الأَرْضِ Elevated land over which water has risen: (K, * TA:) pl. جِسَامٌ . (K.)

أَجْسَمُ Greater, larger, bigger, or bulkier; or greatest, largest, biggest, or bulkiest. (S, K.) See also جَسِيمٌ .

مَجَاسِمُ مجاسم : see 5, last sentence.

جسو جسو : omitted in some copies of the S.

جَسَا جس جسا , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. جَسُمَ , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. جَسْوٌ (M, K) and جُسُوٌّ , (M, TA,) He, or it, (a man, M, TA, or a thing, Msb,) was, or became, hard, tough, rigid, or stiff: (M, Msb, K:) [see also جَسَأَ : or, said of a man,] he was, or became, hard, rough, harsh, or ungentle; contr. of لَطُفَ . (S.) And جَسَتِ اليَدُ , inf. n. جُسُوٌّ and جَسًا , The hand, or arm, was, or became, dry, or tough, or hard, (S, TA,) in the bones, with little flesh; (TA;) and in the same sense the verb is said of other things. (S.) ― -b2- It (water) congealed, or froze. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Also, inf. n. جُسُوٌّ , He (an old man) attained the utmost age [so that his limbs became rigid]. (S, TA.)

جاساهُ جاس جاساه جاساة , (K,) inf. n. مُجَاسَاةٌ , (TA.) He treated him, or regarded him, with enmity, or hostility. (K, TA.)

يَدٌ جَاسِيَةٌ يد جاسيه يد جاسية A hand, or an arm, dry, or tough, or hard, in the bones, with little flesh. (TA.) And دَابَّةٌ جَاسِيَةٌ القَوَايءِمِ A beast having tough, or hard, legs. (TA.) And رِمَاحٌ جَاسِيَةٌ Stiff, rigid, or tough, and hard, spears. (TA.) [See also جَاسِيءٌ , in art. جسأ .]

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