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جسس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of touching, feeling, or probing, often with the hand, to ascertain something. It extends to seeking out information, spying, and even the senses themselves.

Derived headwords

جَسَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    He felt it with his hand, meaning he touched it.both

    He felt it with his hand, meaning he touched it.

اجْتَسَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to feel, to probeboth

    To feel or probe something, similar to 'jasasahu', implying a more thorough examination by touch.

المَجَسَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    place of touchingclassical

    The place or area that is touched or felt, particularly by a physician examining a patient.

جَسَّسْتُ الأَخْبَارَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek news, to spyboth

    To actively seek out and investigate information or news, often implying clandestine methods.

تَجَسَّسْتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to investigate, to spy onboth

    To investigate or spy on something or someone, to gather information secretly.

الجاسُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    spyboth

    A person who secretly gathers information, a spy.

الجَوَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    sensesclassical

    The faculties of perception, such as sight, hearing, touch, etc.

الجَوَّاسname
  1. 1.
    Jassas ibn Murraclassical

    A historical figure, Jassas ibn Murra al-Shaybani, known as the killer of Kulayb Wael.

Parallel reading

جسه بيده واجتسه، أي مسه.
He touched it with his hand and felt it, meaning he touched it.
والمجسة: الموضع الذي يجسه الطبيب.
And al-majassatu: the place that the physician touches.
أفواهها مجاسها
Their mouths are their means of assessment.
لان الابل إذا أحسنت الاكل اكتفى الناظر إليها بذلك في معرفة سمنها من أن يجسها.
Because when camels eat well, the observer is satisfied by that in knowing their fatness without having to touch them.
وجسست الاخبار وتجسستها، أي تفحصت عنها.
And I sought out the news and investigated it, meaning I examined it.
ومننه الجاسوس.
And from it is the spy.
حكى عن الخليل: الجواس: الحواس.
It is narrated from Al-Khalil: Al-jawwas: the senses.
قد يكون الجس بالعين.
The probing can be by sight.
فاعصوصبوا ثم جسوه بأعينهم
So they gathered and then they examined it with their eyes
وجساس بن مرة الشيباني: قاتل كليب وائل.
And Jassas ibn Murra al-Shaybani: the killer of Kulayb Wael.