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جعشم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes physical characteristics, primarily focusing on being small, stout, thick-set, or short and stout. It can also refer to a specific type of person or a proper name.

Derived headwords

الجُعَشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Small, stout personboth

    A person who is small in body and has little flesh. It is also said to be someone with swollen and thick sides, or short and thick with strength.

جُعَشْمname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, specifically the name of the grandfather of Surāqah ibn Mālik al-Mudlijī.

جُعَشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Middle oneclassical

    Refers to something that is in the middle or of medium size.

جُعَشْمadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, thick-setboth

    Describing someone as stout, thick-set, or short and strong.

جُعَشْمُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    Not stoutclassical

    Used in the negative to describe someone who is not stout or thick-set.

جُعَشْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Swollen sidesclassical

    Refers to someone who is swollen in the sides and thick.

Parallel reading

الصغير «2». البدن القليل لحم الجسد
Small in body, with little flesh.
هو المنتفخ الجنبين الغليظهما
He is the one with swollen and thick sides.
القصير الغليظ مع شدة
Short and thick with strength.
ويقال له جعشم وكندر
And he is called Ja'sham and Kindar.
ليس بجعشوش ولا بجعشم
He is not a Ja'shūsh nor a Ja'sham.
وهو جد سراقة بن مالك المدلجي
And he is the grandfather of Surāqah ibn Mālik al-Mudlijī.
يهدي ابن جعشم الأنباء نحوهم
Ibn Ja'sham conveys the news towards them.
لا منتأى عن حياض الموت والحمم
There is no escape from the pools of death and the burning embers.
والجعشم: الوسط
And Al-Ja'sham: the middle one.
وكل نأآج عراض جعشمه
And every wide, stout plow.
فتح الجيم والشين فيه أفصح
The fathah on the Jīm and the Shīn in it is more eloquent.