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جرسم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to concepts of sight and potentially illness or poison, though its usage is very limited and primarily classical.

Derived headwords

جَرَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to lookclassical

    To direct one's sight towards something.

الجِرْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    pleurisyclassical

    A medical condition, specifically pleurisy, characterized by inflammation of the pleura.

  2. 2.
    deadly poisonclassical

    A potent and lethal poison.

Parallel reading

جرسم: أحد النظر.
Jarshama: one of the [verbs related to] looking.
والجرسام، بالكسر: البرسام، والسم الذعاف.
And al-jirsam, with kasra: pleurisy, and deadly poison.