Root

ج س ء

1 verb · 1 noun and adjective

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • جَسَأَ Form I was, or became, hard, tough, rigid, or stiff
    , aor inf. n. جُسُوْءٌ and جُسْأَةٌ, (K,) thus in the corrected copies of the K, but in some copies the latter inf. n. is written جُسَآءَةٌ, (TA,) It (a thing, TA) was, or became, hard, tough, rigid, or stiff; (K, TA;) as also جَسَا, aor (Msb and K in art. جسو.) ― -b2- جَسَأَتْ يَدُهُ, aor inf. n. جَسْءٌ, His hand became hard, tough, callous, (S, TA,) coarse, or rough, (TA,) from work. (S, TA.)― -b3- جَسَأَتْ مَفَاصِلُهُ His joints became rigid, or stiff. (TA.) -A2- جُسِيأَتِ الأَرْضُ The ground became hard, or hard and level, and rough: from جَسْءٌ, explained below. (Ks, K.)
  • حَسْءٌ Hard, or hard and level, and rough, ground
    Hard, or hard and level, and rough, ground, (جَلَدٌ خَشِنٌ, Ks, K, TA,) resembling small pebbles. (TA.) [Accord. to some copies of the K, Rough skin (جِلْدٌ خَشِنٌ).] ― -b2- Frozen water, (K, TA,) resembling hail [strewed on the ground], (TA.)
  • جُسْأَةٌ Hardness, toughness, callousness, [coarseness, or roughness
    Hardness, toughness, callousness, [coarseness, or roughness,] of the hand, from work. (S.) ― -b2- Rigidity, or stiffness, of the neck, (S, K, TA,) in a horse or the like. (S, TA.)
  • يَدٌ جَسْآءٌ A hard, tough, callous, coarse, or rough, hand
    A hard, tough, callous, coarse, or rough, hand. (K, TA.)
  • جَاسِيأٌ Hard, tough, rigid, or stiff
    [Hard, tough, rigid, or stiff: see 1]. You say جَبَلٌ جَاسِيأٌ [A hard, or hard and rugged, mountain]. (TA.) And صخُورٌ جَاسِيأَةٌ [Hard, or hard and rugged, rocks]. (TA.) And نَبْتٌ جَاسِيأٌ A rigid, or tough, plant. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ جَاسِيأَةٌ Hard, or hard and level, and rough, ground; (TA;) as also ↓مَجْسُوْءَةٌ. (Ks, K.) And مَكَانٌ جَاسِيأٌ A rugged place; as also شَاسِيأٌ. (TA.) And دَابَّةٌ جَاسِيأَةٌ القَوَايأِمِ A beast, or horse or the like, having rigid, or stiff, legs, that will hardly bend. (TA.)
  • جَاسِيأَآءُ Hardness, toughness, rigidness, or stiffness; and ruggedness, or roughness
    [in the CKجا سِياء] Hardness, toughness, rigidness, or stiffness; and ruggedness, or roughness. (K,* TA.)
  • مَجْسُوْءَةٌ Open entry
    : see جَاسِيأٌ

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