جسيم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج س م (j-s-m); compare جَسُمَ (jasuma, to be great, large, big, bulky).

Adjective

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

  1. great, large, big, bulky
  2. vast
  3. corpulent
  4. important, difficult
  5. weighty, momentous
  6. highly esteemed
  7. grave (offense)
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), جسيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جسم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Diminutive of جِسْم (jism, body).

Noun

جُسَيْم (jusaym) m (plural جُسَيْمَات (jusaymāt))

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