Arabic edit

Root
ج س م (j-s-m)

Etymology 1 edit

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb جَسُمَ (jasuma, to be great, large).

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Adjective edit

جَسِيم (jasīm) (feminine جَسِيمَة (jasīma), common plural جِسَام (jisām), elative أَجْسَم (ʔajsam))

  1. great, large, big, bulky
  2. vast
  3. corpulent
  4. important, difficult
  5. weighty, momentous
  6. highly esteemed
  7. grave (offense)
    • 2021, أَيْمَن أَبُو الرُّوس [ʔayman ʔabū ar-rūs], “فاجعة في نيويورك!!”, in أَخْطَاءٌ تَارِيخِيَّةٌ لَا تُغْتَفَرُ [ʔaḵṭāʔun tārīḵiyyatun lā tuḡtafaru, Unforgivable Historical Mistakes], Cairo, Egypt: الشاهد للنشر والتوزيع [Al-Shāhid for Publishing and Distribution], →ISBN, page 41:
      وَبِهٰذَا الْخَطَأِ الْجَسِيمِ الَّذِي ٱرْتَكَبَهُ الطَّيَّارُ مَاتَ كُلُّ رُكَّابِ طَائِرَتِهِ وَمُعْظَمُ رُكَّابِ الطَّائِرَةِ الْأُخْرَى.
      wabihāḏā l-ḵaṭaʔi al-jasīmi allaḏī rtakabahu ṭ-ṭayyāru māta kullu rukkābi ṭāʔiratihi wamuʕẓamu rukkābi ṭ-ṭāʔirati l-ʔuḵrā.
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Etymology 2 edit

Diminutive of جِسْم (jism, body).

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Noun edit

جُسَيْم (jusaymm (plural جُسَيْمَات (jusaymāt))

  1. (physics) particle
  2. (biology) corpuscle
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