جسيم

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.siːm/

Adjective

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)
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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.sajm/

Noun

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

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