الغسن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of chewing, weakness, and physical attributes like hair and youth. It also extends to tribal names and descriptions of people and their character.

Derived headwords

غَسَنَverb

1.
to chewclassical
To masticate food in the mouth.

غُسْنnoun

1.
weaknessclassical
A state of being weak or feeble.

غُسْنَةnoun

1.
tuft of hairboth
A lock or bunch of hair.
2.
garment for a childclassical
A piece of skin worn by a child.

غُسْنَاهnoun

1.
innermost heartclassical
The deepest part of the heart.

غُسَانname

1.
name of a tribeboth
The name of a prominent Arab tribe, particularly associated with the ruling families of the Levant.
2.
water sourceclassical
A place where water descended, from which a group of Azd settled and were named.

غَسَانnoun

1.
vigor of youthclassical
The peak of youthfulness and strength.

غَسَانِيّadjective

1.
very handsomeboth
Describing someone as exceptionally beautiful or good-looking.

أَغْسَانnoun

1.
people's naturesclassical
The inherent characteristics and dispositions of people.
2.
qualities of clothesclassical
The characteristics or styles of garments.

غَيْسَانَةnoun

1.
softnessclassical
A state of being soft, tender, or delicate.

Parallel reading

الغسن: المضغ، وبالضم: الضعيف.

Al-ghasn: chewing, and with dammah: the weak.

والغسنة والغسناة، بضمهما: خصلة الشعر ج: كصرد.

And al-ghusnah and al-ghusnah: with both dammah: a lock of hair, plural like 'sarad'.

وككتاب: جلد يلبسه الصبي.

And like 'kitab': a skin that a child wears.

وكغراب: أقصى القلب.

And like 'ghurab': the furthest part of the heart.

وكشداد وكيسان: حدة الشباب.

And like 'shaddad' and 'kissan': the vigor of youth.

وما أنت من غسانه وغيسانه: من رجاله.

And you are not from its 'ghassanihi' and 'ghaysanihi': from its men.

وكشداد: ماء نزل عليه قوم من الأزد، فنسبوا إليه، منهم بنو جفنة رهط الملوك.

And like 'shaddad': a water source upon which a people from the Azd descended, so they were attributed to it, among them Banu Jafnah, the clan of kings.

أو غسان: اسم القبيلة.

Or Ghassan: the name of the tribe.

والغساني: الجميل جدا.

And al-Ghassani: the very handsome.

والأغسان: خلائق الناس، وأخلاق الثياب.

And al-Aghsan: the natures of people, and the qualities of clothes.

والغيسانة: الناعمة.

And al-Ghaisanah: the soft.