جلس

جَلْسٌ جلس Rugged ground or land: (S, K:) this is the primary signification. (TA.) ― -b2- [Also, app., Elevated ground or land:] a place elevated and hard: or, as some say, a tract of land extending widely. (Ham p. 688.) ― -b3- [And hence,] الجَلْسُ What is elevated above the غَوْر [or low country ]: (TA:) applied especially to the country of Nejd. (T, S, M, K.) -A2- [Persons sitting: or sitting up: ] a quasi-pl. n., accord. to Sb, or a pl., accord. to Akh, of ↓ جَالِسٌ: said to be used as sing. and pl. and fem. and masc.; but this assertion is of no account: (ISd, L:) or the people of a مَجْلِس: (Lh, ISd, L, K:) [↓ جُلُوسٌ is also a pl. of ↓ جَالِسٌ; like as بُكِىٌّ, originally بُكُوىٌ, is of بَاكِ: or it is an inf. n. used as an epithet: see جَاثٍ:)] you say قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ [ a company of men sitting: or sitting up ]. (S.) [See also مَجْلِسٌ.] ― -b2- Also A woman who sits in the فِنَاآء [or court of the house ], not quitting it: (K:) or she who is of noble rank (K, TA) among her people. (TA.)