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الجت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the act of examining or feeling a ram to assess its fatness or leanness. It describes a specific method of physical appraisal.

Derived headwords

جَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to feel, to examineboth

    To touch and feel something, especially a ram, to determine its physical condition, such as its fatness or leanness.

جَسٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    examination, appraisalclassical

    The act of feeling or examining something, particularly a ram, to ascertain its state of fatness or leanness.

جَاسٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    spyclassical

    One who secretly investigates or spies on others.

مَجَسٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    place of examinationclassical

    The area or point where an examination or appraisal is conducted.

Parallel reading

جَسَّ الكَبْشَ لِيُعْرَفَ سِمَنُهُ مِنْ هُزَالِهِ
He felt the ram to know its fatness from its leanness.