ج س م

Arabic

Root

ج س م • (j-s-m)

1. related to giving form or size to

cognate to Hebrew ג-ש-מ גשמי means existing solid

Descendants

Verbs

• Form I: جَسَمَ (jasama, “to enlarge”)
  • Active participle: جَاسِم (jāsim)
  • Passive participle: مَجْسُوم (majsūm)
• Form II: جَسَّمَ (jassama)
  • Verbal noun: تَجْسِيم (tajsīm)
  • Active participle: مُجَسِّم (mujassim)
  • Passive participle: مُجَسَّم (mujassam)
• Form V: تَجَسَّمَ (tajassama, “to become corporeal; to take form; to grow larger”)
  • Verbal noun: تَجَسُّم (tajassum)
  • Active participle: مُتَجَسِّم (mutajassim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَجَسَّم (mutajassam)

Nouns

• جَسَامَة (jasāma)
• جِسْم (jism)
• جُسْمَان (jusmān)
• جُسَيْم (jusaym)
• مُجَسَّم (mujassam), مُجَسَّمَة (mujassama)

Adjectives

• أَجْسَم (ʔajsam)
• جَسِيم (jasīm)
• جِسْمِيّ (jismiyy)
• جِسْمَانِيّ (jismāniyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ج س م”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz