جبس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something solid, heavy, and inert, extending to concepts of dullness, weakness, and cowardice. It also encompasses terms for specific animals, building materials, and negative characterizations of men, including sexual deviancy.

Derived headwords

الجِبْسnoun

1.
inert, heavy substanceboth
The solid, heavy, and inert substance of anything. It is also used to describe a dull-witted, unresponsive person.
2.
wicked, base personclassical
A wicked, base, or inferior person.
3.
cowardly, dull personclassical
A dull-witted, cowardly, and weak person.
4.
bear cubboth
A bear cub.
5.
plasterboth
The material used for building, which is gypsum or plaster.

الجَبْسnoun

1.
plasterboth
The material used for building, which is gypsum or plaster.

جُبْسnoun

1.
bear cubboth
A bear cub.

جُبُسnoun

1.
plasterboth
The material used for building, which is gypsum or plaster.

الجَبُوسnoun

1.
inferior, bad personclassical
An inferior, bad, or useless person.

جَبُوسnoun

1.
inferior, bad personclassical
An inferior, bad, or useless person.

الأَجْبَسadjective

1.
weak, cowardlyclassical
Weak and cowardly.

الجِبْسadjective

1.
weak, cowardlyclassical
Weak and cowardly.

المَحْبُوسnoun

1.
effeminate manclassical
A man who is penetrated anally willingly.

الجَبِيسnoun

1.
effeminate manclassical
A man who is penetrated anally willingly.

تَجَبَّسَverb

1.
to strutclassical
To walk with a strutting or swaggering gait.

المجبسةnoun

1.
place of plasterclassical
A place where plaster is made or used.

الجَبَاسَةnoun

1.
place of plasterclassical
A place where plaster is made or used.

الجَبَّاسadjective

1.
coarse, dullclassical
Coarse, dull, and stupid.

Parallel reading

الجامد من كل شيء الثقيل الروح الذي لا يجيب إلى خير.

The solid, heavy, and inert substance of anything, unresponsive to good.

والفاسق، والدنيء، والرديء، والجبان الفدم، واللئيم الضعيف

And the wicked, the base, the inferior, the dull coward, and the weak scoundrel.

خمس إذا ما سارها الجبس بكى

Five, when the dull one traversed them, he wept.

ويقال: إنه لجبس من الرجال، إذا كان غبيا

And it is said: He is a dull person among men, if he is stupid.

الجبس: ولد الدب، كالجبيس، فيهما

Al-jibs: the cub of a bear, like al-jibīs, in both.

الجبس: الذي يبنى به، وهو الجص

Al-jibs: that by which one builds, and it is gypsum.

والجبوس، كصبور: الفسل الرديء من الناس.

And al-jabūs, like ṣabūr: the inferior, bad person.

والأجبس: الضعيف الجبان، كالجبس

And al-ajbas: the weak coward, like al-jibs.

على مثلها آتي المهالك واحدا ... إذا خام عن طول السرى كل أجبس

Upon such as these I approach dangers alone... when every weak coward falters from the length of the night journey.

والمجبوس: من يؤتى في دبره طائعا

And al-maḥbūs: one who is penetrated anally willingly.

تجبس الرجل، إذا تبختر في مشيه

A man struts, if he walks with conceit.

تمشي إلى رواء عاطناتها ... تجبس العانس في ريطاتها

You walk towards the beauty of her companions... the proud woman struts in her garments.

وأخذه مجبسا، أي بالغلظة، عامية.

And taking him in a coarse manner, meaning with roughness, is colloquial.