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جتت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be rare and possibly non-Arabic. It is primarily associated with the act of probing or examining a ram to determine its fatness or leanness.

Derived headwords

الجتّnoun
  1. 1.
    examining a ramclassical

    The act of probing a ram to ascertain its fatness or leanness.

جسّverb
  1. 1.
    to probeclassical

    To probe or examine something, particularly a ram, to determine its condition, such as its fatness or leanness.

Parallel reading

أهمله الليث، والجوهري وروى ثعلب عن ابن الأعرابي: هو جس الكبش ليعرف سمنه من هزاله
Al-Layth, and Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Tha'lab narrated from Ibn Al-A'rabi: it is probing the ram to know its fatness from its leanness.
كذا في التهذيب
Thus it is in Al-Tahdhib.
قيل: أصله جس، وأبدلت سينه تاء
It is said: its origin is 'jas', and its 's' was replaced by a 't'.
وصرح قوم بأنه غير عربي للعلة التي ذكرها الجوهري
And a group stated that it is non-Arabic for the reason mentioned by Al-Jawhari.
بل هي في هاذا أشد للاتصال
Rather, it is more pronounced in this case due to the connection.