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جعس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something foul, base, or contemptible, often related to excrement or a low, unpleasant nature. It extends to terms for unpleasant physical appearance and morally reprehensible individuals.

Derived headwords

الجَعْسnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The place of excretion; the anus.

  2. 2.
    foulnessclassical

    Foulness or excrement.

جعسverb
  1. 1.
    to defecateclassical

    To excrete feces.

جعس يجعس جعسا — he defecated, he excreted feces
الجَعْسُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    base of creationclassical

    Base in creation and character; ignoble.

  2. 2.
    uglyclassical

    Ugly or repulsive.

  3. 3.
    short and stockyclassical

    Short, stocky, and unattractive.

جعسوسnoun
  1. 1.
    base personclassical

    A base, ignoble, or wicked person.

  2. 2.
    contemptible manclassical

    A contemptible or mean man.

جعسوسadjective
  1. 1.
    base of creationclassical

    Base in creation and character; ignoble.

  2. 2.
    uglyclassical

    Ugly or repulsive.

  3. 3.
    short and stockyclassical

    Short, stocky, and unattractive.

جعاسيسnoun
  1. 1.
    base peopleclassical

    Plural of جعسوس, referring to ignoble or wicked people.

  2. 2.
    contemptible menclassical

    Plural of جعسوس, referring to contemptible or mean men.

الجُعْمُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    excrementclassical

    Excrement, feces.

جعاميسnoun
  1. 1.
    bowelsclassical

    The contents of the bowels; excrement.

Parallel reading

والجعس موقعها
And al-ja's is its location (the anus).
وأرى الجعس، بكسر الجيم، لغة فيه.
And I consider al-ja's, with a kasra on the jim, to be a dialectal variant for it.
والجعسوس: اللئيم الخلقة والخلق
And al-ja'sūs: the ignoble in creation and character.
ويقال: اللئيم القبيح
And it is said: the ignoble and ugly one.
وكأنه اشتق من الجعس، صفة على فعلول فشبه الساقط المهين من الرجال بالخرء ونتنه
And it is as if it were derived from al-ja's, an adjective pattern of fu'alūl, likening the fallen and contemptible man to excrement and its foulness.
والأنثى جعسوس أيضا؛ حكاه يعقوب، وهم الجعاسيس.
And the female is also ja'sūs; Ya'qub narrated this, and they are al-ja'āsīs.
ورجل دعبوب وجعبوب وجعسوس إذا كان قصيرا دميما.
And a man is da'būb, ju'būb, and ja'sūs if he is short and unattractive.
فقال له أهل مكة: ما أتاك به ابن عمك؟ قال: سألني أن أخلي مكة لجعاسيس يثرب
So the people of Mecca said to him: What has your cousin brought you? He said: He asked me to leave Mecca for the ignoble ones of Yathrib.
الجعاسيس: اللئام في الخلق والخلق، الواحد جعسوس، بالضم.
Al-ja'āsīs: the ignoble in creation and character, the singular is ja'sūs, with a damma.
أتخوفنا بجعاسيس يثرب؟
Do you fear us with the ignoble ones of Yathrib?
وقال أعرابي لامرأته: إنك لجعسوس صهصلق
And an Arab of the desert said to his wife: Indeed, you are a base, loud-mouthed woman.
فقالت: والله إنك لهلباجة نؤوم، خرق سؤوم، شربك اشتفاف، وأكلك اقتحاف، ونومك التحاف، عليك العفا، وقبح منك القفا
And she replied: By God, you are indeed a gluttonous sleeper, a clumsy, snoring one, your drinking is gulping, your eating is devouring, your sleeping is enveloping, may you be covered in dust, and may your nape be ugly.
جعسوس وجعشوش، بالسين والشين، وذلك إلى قمأة وصغر وقلة.
Ja'sūs and ja'shūsh, with a sin and a shin, and that refers to shortness, smallness, and insignificance.
يقال: هو من جعاسيس الناس، قال: ولا يقال بالشين؛
It is said: He is among the ignoble people; he said: And it is not said with the shin.
أسلمه جعاسيس الرباب
The ignoble ones of Rabāb abandoned him.
والجعس: الرجيع، وهو مولد، والعرب تقول: الجعموس، بزيادة الميم.
And al-ja's: excrement, and it is a neologism; the Arabs say: al-ju'mūs, with the addition of the mim.
يقال: رمى بجعاميس بطنه.
It is said: He vomited the contents of his stomach.