جسء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of stiffness, hardness, and dryness, particularly in the context of physical objects like necks, limbs, hands, ground, and water. It can also refer to a rough, pebbly texture.

Derived headwords

الجَسْأَةnoun

1.
stiffness in the neckclassical
Refers to stiffness or immobility in the neck of an animal, specifically the inflexibility of the joint.

جسأverb

1.
to become stiffboth
The verb form indicating something becoming stiff, hard, or inflexible.

جسوءاnoun

1.
stiffnessboth
A masdar (verbal noun) denoting the state of being stiff, hard, or inflexible.

جسأةnoun

1.
stiffnessboth
Another masdar form indicating stiffness or hardness.

جسأتverb

1.
his hand and joints became stiffboth
A past tense verb form indicating that a person's hand and joints became stiff and inflexible.

جاسئةadjective

1.
stiff-limbedboth
Describes an animal with stiff, inflexible limbs that are difficult to bend.
2.
rough groundboth
Describes ground that is rough, hard, and perhaps covered in small stones, resembling coarse skin.
3.
hardened heartclassical
Used metaphorically to describe a heart that is hard and unfeeling, like unyielding stones.

جسئتverb

1.
the ground became stiffclassical
A verb form indicating the ground becoming hard and rough.

مجسوءةadjective

1.
hardened groundclassical
The passive participle describing ground that has become hard and rough.

الجَسْءnoun

1.
rough skinboth
Refers to coarse, rough skin, particularly that which resembles small pebbles.
2.
frozen waterclassical
Describes water that has become solid or frozen.

الجاسياءnoun

1.
hardness and drynessclassical
A noun denoting extreme hardness, dryness, and roughness.

تجسأverb

1.
his hand became stiffboth
A verb form indicating the process of a hand becoming stiff and rough from work.

جسآءadjective

1.
stiff and rough handboth
Describes a hand that has become stiff, rough, and hardened, likely from manual labor.

جاسىءadjective

1.
stiff mountainclassical
Describes a mountain that is hard and unyielding.
2.
dry plantclassical
Describes a plant that is dry, stiff, and withered.

Parallel reading

الجَسْأَة بالضم في الدواب: يبس المعحطف في العنق

Al-jas'ah (with dammah) in animals: stiffness of the bend in the neck.

وجسأ الشيء كجعل

And the thing became stiff, like 'to make'.

وفي المحكم ككتب جسوءا كقعود وجسأة كجرعة

And in Al-Muḥkam, like 'to write', jasū'an like qu'ūd, and jas'atan like jur'ah.

وقد جسأت يده ومفاصله

And his hand and his joints became stiff.

ودابة جاسئة القوائم. يابستها، لا تكاد تنعطف

And an animal with stiff limbs. Its dryness, it can hardly bend.

وقال الكسائي: جسئت الأرض، بالضم، فهي مجسوءة، من الجسء

And Al-Kisa'i said: The ground became stiff (with dammah), and it is majsū'ah, from al-jas'.

وهو الجلد محركة الخشن الذي يشبه الحصى الصغار

And it is the skin (harakah), rough, which resembles small pebbles.

وأرض جاسئة، وتقول: لهم قلوب قاسية كأنها صخور جاسية

And ground that is rough, and you say: They have hard hearts as if they were rough rocks.

والجسء: الماء الجامد

And al-jas': frozen water.

والجاسياء بالمد: الصلابة واليبس والغلظ

And al-jāsiyā' (with maddah): hardness, dryness, and coarseness.

وقد جسأت يده تجسأ جسأ

And his hand became stiff, undergoing the process of becoming stiff, a stiffness.

ويد جسآء إذا كانت مكنبة من أكنب من العمل أي صلبة يابسة خشنة

And a hand that is jasā' if it was hardened from toil, meaning stiff, dry, and rough.

وجبل جاسىء، ونبت جاسيء يابس

And a stiff mountain, and a dry, stiff plant.