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الجسوع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to withholding, abstaining, or being distant. It extends to concepts of reticence in giving, a far journey, and even physical actions like vomiting or pushing.

Derived headwords

الجَسُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    abstinence from givingclassical

    The act of refraining from giving or bestowing something.

جاسِعadjective
  1. 1.
    distantclassical

    Describing a journey or place that is far away.

جَسَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to pushclassical

    To shove or thrust something forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to vomitclassical

    To expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

اجْتَسَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to pushclassical

    To shove or thrust something forcefully.

Parallel reading

الجسوع، بالضم: الإمساك عن العطاء.
Al-jasūʿ, with dammah: withholding from giving.
وسفر جاسع: بعيد.
And a distant journey: far.
وجسعت الناقة، كمنع: دسعت، كاجتسعت.
And the she-camel جسعت, like منع: she pushed, like اجتسعت.
وفلان: قاء.
And so-and-so: he vomited.