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الجوس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of searching, seeking, and investigating thoroughly. It extends to the actions of raiding, traversing, and exploring, often with a sense of thoroughness or intensity. It also encompasses specific names and places.

Derived headwords

جَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to search thoroughlyboth

    To seek something with meticulous investigation and scrutiny.

  2. 2.
    to traverse/raidboth

    To move through areas, houses, or territories, especially during a raid or expedition, with a sense of thorough exploration.

الجَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    thorough searchboth

    The act of seeking something with meticulous investigation and scrutiny.

  2. 2.
    traversing/raidingboth

    The act of moving through areas, houses, or territories, especially during a raid or expedition, with a sense of thorough exploration.

الجَوْسَانnoun
  1. 1.
    thorough searchclassical

    The act of seeking something with meticulous investigation and scrutiny.

  2. 2.
    traversing/raidingclassical

    The act of moving through areas, houses, or territories, especially during a raid or expedition, with a sense of thorough exploration.

الاجْتِيَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    thorough searchclassical

    The act of seeking something with meticulous investigation and scrutiny.

  2. 2.
    traversing/raidingclassical

    The act of moving through areas, houses, or territories, especially during a raid or expedition, with a sense of thorough exploration.

جَوَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A name or epithet for a lion, likely due to its predatory and pervasive nature.

  2. 2.
    poet

    A name given to several poets, including Jawwas bin Al-Qa'tal, Ibn Qutbah, Ibn Hayyan, and Ibn Nu'aym bin Al-Harith.

جَوَّاسname
  1. 1.
    poet

    A name given to several poets, including Jawwas bin Al-Qa'tal, Ibn Qutbah, Ibn Hayyan, and Ibn Nu'aym bin Al-Harith.

ضَمْضَم بن جُوسname
  1. 1.
    Tabi'i

    A name of a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad), named Damdam bin Jawus.

جُوعَاnoun
  1. 1.
    followingclassical

    The act of following or pursuing someone.

جَوْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    followingclassical

    The act of following or pursuing someone.

الجَوْسِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    town in Syria

    A town in Syria near Homs, from which the hadith narrator Ibn Uthman Al-Jusi originated.

Parallel reading

الجوس: طلب الشيء بالاستقصاء
Al-Jaws: seeking something with thorough investigation.
والتردد خلال الدور والبيوت في الغارة
and traversing through dwellings and houses in a raid.
والطوف فيها
and roaming within them.
كالجوسان والاجتياس
like Al-Jawsan and Al-Ijtias.
والجواس، ككتان: الأسد
And Al-Jawwas, like Khattan: the lion.
وجواس بن القعطل، وابن قطبة، وابن حيان، وابن نعيم بن الحارث أحد بني الهجيم، وابن نعيم أحد بني حرثان: شعراء
And Jawwas bin Al-Qa'tal, Ibn Qutbah, Ibn Hayyan, and Ibn Nu'aym bin Al-Harith, one of the Banu Al-Hujaym, and Ibn Nu'aym, one of the Banu Harthan: poets.
وضمضم بن جوس: تابعي
And Damdam bin Jawus: a Tabi'i.
وجوعا له وجوسا: إتباع
And Ju'an for him and Jawasan: following.
وجوسية، بالضم: ة بالشام قرب حمص
And Al-Jawsiyyah, with dammah: a town in Syria near Homs.
منها ابن عثمان الجوسي المحدث
From it is Ibn Uthman Al-Jusi the hadith narrator.