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جعمس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to excrement, feces, and waste matter. It also extends to descriptions of a person's physical state or actions associated with expelling waste.

Derived headwords

الجعموسnoun
  1. 1.
    Excrementboth

    Refers to feces or waste matter expelled from the body.

  2. 2.
    A type of soreclassical

    Specifically, 'al-'udrah', a type of sore or lesion.

مجعمسمadjective
  1. 1.
    Expelling wasteclassical

    Describes a person who is expelling waste from their body, or is in the process of doing so.

جعامسadjective
  1. 1.
    Expelling wasteclassical

    Describes a person who is expelling waste from their body, or is in the process of doing so.

الجعموسnoun
  1. 1.
    Fecesboth

    What a person expels from their belly; feces.

جعاميسnoun
  1. 1.
    Fecesboth

    The plural form of 'al-ja'mūs', referring to feces or waste matter.

الجعسnoun
  1. 1.
    Fecesclassical

    Refers to feces or excrement. It is noted as a neologism (muwallad).

Parallel reading

العذرة
A sore.
وهو أن يضعه بمرة
And it is when he expels it with force.
وقيل: هو الذي يضعه يابساً
And it was said: it is that which he expels dry.
الجعموس ما يطرحه الإنسان من ذي بطنه
Al-ja'mūs is what a person throws out from their belly.
ما لك من إبل ترى ولا نعم، ... إلا جعاميسك وسط المستحم
You have no camels you see, nor cattle, ... except your feces in the middle of the bathing place.
والجعس: الرجيع، وهو مولد
And al-ja's: feces, and it is a neologism.
والعرب تقول: الجعموس، بزيادة الميم
And the Arabs say: al-ja'mūs, with the addition of the mim.
رمى بجعاميس بطنه
He expelled the feces of his belly.