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الجسءة

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of hardness, dryness, and rigidity. It describes the state of being solid, stiff, or rough, often applied to inanimate objects like clothing or the ground, but also to physical attributes like hands.

Derived headwords

الجَسْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stiffness of clothingclassical

    The dryness and stiffness of a garment, making it rigid.

جَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become stiffclassical

    To become hard, solid, or rigid.

جُسُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hardnessclassical

    The state of being hard, solid, or stiff.

جَسْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardnessclassical

    The state of being hard, solid, or stiff.

مُجَسْأَةadjective
  1. 1.
    hardened groundclassical

    Describing the earth or ground that has become hard, often due to dryness or frozen water.

الجَسْءnoun
  1. 1.
    rough skinclassical

    A description of skin that is coarse and rough to the touch.

  2. 2.
    frozen waterclassical

    Ice or solid water.

الجَاسِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    hardness and coarsenessclassical

    The quality of being hard, solid, and rough or coarse.

يَدٌ جَسْآءadjective
  1. 1.
    calloused handclassical

    A hand that has become thick and hardened from labor or work.

Parallel reading

يبس المعطف.
The garment became stiff.
وجسأ، كجعل، جسوءا وجسأة، (بضمهما) : صلب.
And 'jasā', like 'ja'ala', 'jusū'an' and 'jas'ah' (with both vowels inضم): became hard.
وجسئت الأرض: بالضم، فهي مجسوأة، من الجسء: وهو الجلد الخشن، والماء الجامد.
And the earth became stiff (with ضم), so it is 'majasa'ah', from 'al-jas'' which is rough skin, and frozen water.
والجاسياء: الصلابة والغلظ.
And 'al-jāsiyā': hardness and coarseness.
ويد جسآء: مكنبة من العمل.
And a stiff hand: one that is thick from work.