جعس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to excrement, waste, and things that are low, base, or contemptible. It extends to describe people who are short, ugly, mean, or ill-tempered, and also has a specific meaning related to palm trees.

Derived headwords

الجَعْسnoun

1.
excrementclassical
Refers to excrement or feces, considered a base and unpleasant substance.
2.
place of excrementclassical
The place where excrement is located or deposited.

جعسverb

1.
to be difficultclassical
To encounter difficulty or become obstructed.
2.
to be insolentclassical
To be insolent or rude with one's tongue.

تجعسverb

1.
to be difficultclassical
To become difficult or obstructed.
2.
to be insolentclassical
To be insolent or rude with one's tongue.

الجعسوسnoun

1.
short, ugly, mean personclassical
A person who is short, ugly, mean, and of base character and disposition.
2.
palm treesclassical
In the dialect of the Hudhayl tribe, this term refers to palm trees.

جعاسيسnoun

1.
base peopleclassical
Plural of جعسوس, referring to base, contemptible, or low people.

جعسوسadjective

1.
short and uglyclassical
Describing someone as short, ugly, and mean.

جعشوشnoun

1.
short and small personclassical
A term for someone characterized by shortness, smallness, and insignificance.

الجعيسnoun

1.
thick and largeclassical
Describing something or someone as thick and large.

Parallel reading

الجعس: الرجيع، مولد، نقله الجوهري.

Al-Ja's: Excrement, a neologism, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

أو الجعس: اسم الموضع الذي يقع فيه الجعموس، كما نقله ابن دريد.

Or Al-Ja's: The name of the place where the Jafmus falls, as transmitted by Ibn Duraid.

وكسر الجيم فيه لغة، ولو قال: موضعه، لأصاب.

And the kasra on the jim is a variant pronunciation; if he had said 'its place', he would have been correct.

والجعسوس، بالضم: القصير الدميم اللئيم الخلقة والخلق القبيح، عن الأصمعي.

And Al-Ja'sūs, with damma: The short, ugly, mean one in creation and character, the ugly one, according to Al-Asma'i.

كأنه مشتق من الجعس، صفة على فعلول، فشبه الساقط المهين من الرجال بالخرء ونتنه.

As if it were derived from Al-Ja's, a pattern on Fa'fūl, likening the fallen, contemptible man to excrement and its stench.

وفي الحديث: أتخوفنا بجعاسيس يثرب.

And in the Hadith: 'We feared the base people of Yathrib.'

وقال أعرابي لامرأته: إنك لجعسوس صهصلق.

And an Arab said to his wife: 'Indeed, you are a short, ugly, and loud-mouthed woman.'

فقالت: والله إنك لهلباجة نؤوم، خرق سؤوم، شربك اشتفاف، وأكلك اقتحاف، ونومك التحاف، عليك العفا، وقبح منك القفا.

She replied: 'By God, you are a gluttonous sleeper, clumsy and snoring, your drinking is gulping, your eating is devouring, your sleeping is enveloping, may you be cursed, and may your nape be ugly.'

جعسوس وجعشوش، بالشين والسين، وذلك إلى قماءة وصغر وقلة.

Ja'sūs and Ja'shūsh, with shīn and sīn, and that refers to shortness, smallness, and insignificance.

يقال: هو من جعاسيس الناس.

It is said: 'He is among the base people.'

تداعت حوله جشم بن بكر وأسلمه جعاسيس الرباب.

Jusham bin Bakr and Aslam, the base people of Al-Rubāb, gathered around him.

وتجعس الرجل: تعذر.

And the man became difficult: he became obstructed.

من المجاز: تجعس، إذا بذا بلسانه.

Metaphorically: He became insolent, if he was rude with his tongue.

والجعسوس، بالضم: النخل في لغة هذيل.

And Al-Ja'sūs, with damma: Palm trees in the dialect of Hudhayl.