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جرسم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to terms for poison and a specific type of illness, possibly pleurisy or peritonitis. The primary derived terms are nouns referring to these concepts.

Derived headwords

الجَرَسْمnoun
  1. 1.
    poisonclassical

    A substance that is inherently poisonous or toxic.

الجِرْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisy/peritonitisclassical

    A medical condition, specifically an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest cavity, or inflammation of the peritoneum.

جِرْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisy/peritonitisclassical

    A medical condition, specifically an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest cavity, or inflammation of the peritoneum. This term is used by the common people.

جِلْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisy/peritonitisclassical

    A medical condition, specifically an inflammation of the lining of the lungs and chest cavity, or inflammation of the peritoneum. This term is used by the common people.

Parallel reading

الجرسم: السم
Al-jarasm: poison.
وقد ذكر بالحاء
And it was mentioned with Hāʼ.
رأيته مقيدا بخط اللحياني الجرسم، بالجيم، قال: وهو الصواب
I saw it recorded in Al-Laythiyānī's handwriting as 'al-jarasm', with a Jīm, and he said: 'This is the correct form.'
والجرسام: البرسام
And al-jirsām: al-barsām.
جرسام وجلسام الذي تسميه العامة برساما
Jirsām and jilsām, which the common people call 'barsām'.