يسم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the plant 'jasmine', its Persian origin, and variations in its Arabic name and grammatical treatment. It also includes a secondary meaning related to a specific mountain name and its derivatives.

Derived headwords

الياسمينnoun

1.
Jasmineboth
The well-known fragrant plant, of Persian origin but Arabized and used in Arabic poetry.

ياسمونnoun

1.
Jasmine (plural)classical
A plural form of jasmine, treated as a collective noun, similar to how 'rayhana' is pluralized.

ياسمةnoun

1.
Jasmine (singular)classical
The singular form of jasmine, implied by the plural 'yasmoun'.

ياسمnoun

1.
Jasmine (variant)classical
A variant form of jasmine, possibly indicating the addition of its 'ya' and 'nun' letters.

ياسمverb

1.
to be fragrant like jasmineclassical
A verb form derived from 'jasmine', used to describe something having the fragrance of jasmine.

يسومname

1.
Yassum (mountain)classical
The name of a mountain characterized by smooth rock.

اليسوميadjective

1.
of Yassumclassical
An adjective derived from the mountain 'Yassum', referring to something belonging to or coming from it.

يسوماname

1.
Yassum (mountain, variant)classical
A variant form of the name of the mountain Yassum.

Parallel reading

وشاهسفرم والياسمين ونرجس ... يصبحنا في كل دجن تغيما

And shahisfaram, jasmine, and narcissus... make the mornings cloudy with mist every day.

فمن قال ياسمون جعل واحده ياسما

And whoever says 'yasmoun' makes its singular 'yasma'.

فمن قال ياسمين فرفع النون جعله واحدا وأعرب نونه

And whoever says 'yasmin' and raises the 'nun' makes it singular and vocalizes its 'nun'.

وقد جاء الياسم في الشعر فهذا دليل على زيادة يائه ونونه

And 'yasam' has appeared in poetry, and this is evidence for the addition of its 'ya' and 'nun'.

من ياسم بيض وورد أحمرا ... يخرج من أكمامه معصفرا

From jasmine, white [flowers] and red roses... it emerges from its sheaths, colorful.

ياسم جمع ياسمة

'Yasam' is a plural of 'yasma'.

بعض العرب يقول شممت الياسمين وهذا ياسمون

Some Arabs say 'I smelled the jasmine' and 'this is yasmoun'.

إن لي عند كل نفحة بستان ... من الورد، أو من الياسمينا

Indeed, I have, with every whiff of the garden... of roses, or of jasmine.

يسوم اسم جبل صخره ملساء

Yassum is the name of a mountain whose rock is smooth.

وسرنا بمطلول من اللهو لين، ... يحط إلى السهل اليسومي أعصما

And we traveled by a gentle, flowing stream... descending to the smooth Yassumi plain.

وقيل: يسوم جبل بعينه

And it was said: Yassum is a specific mountain.

لن تستطيع بأن تحول عزهم، ... حتى تحول ذا الهضاب يسوما

You will not be able to change their might... until you change the owner of these hills, Yassum.

الله أعلم من حطها من رأس يسوم

Allah knows best who brought it down from the top of Yassum.