جسيم

Arabic

Root
ج س م (j s m)
9 terms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.siːm/
Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

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

great, large, big, bulky
vast
corpulent
important, difficult
weighty, momentous
highly esteemed
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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective جَسِيم (jasīm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَسِيم jasīm	الْجَسِيم al-jasīm	جَسِيمَة jasīma	الْجَسِيمَة al-jasīma
Nominative	جَسِيمٌ jasīmun	الْجَسِيمُ al-jasīmu	جَسِيمَةٌ jasīmatun	الْجَسِيمَةُ al-jasīmatu
Accusative	جَسِيمًا jasīman	الْجَسِيمَ al-jasīma	جَسِيمَةً jasīmatan	الْجَسِيمَةَ al-jasīmata
Genitive	جَسِيمٍ jasīmin	الْجَسِيمِ al-jasīmi	جَسِيمَةٍ jasīmatin	الْجَسِيمَةِ al-jasīmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَسِيمَيْن jasīmayn	الْجَسِيمَيْن al-jasīmayn	جَسِيمَتَيْن jasīmatayn	الْجَسِيمَتَيْن al-jasīmatayn
Nominative	جَسِيمَانِ jasīmāni	الْجَسِيمَانِ al-jasīmāni	جَسِيمَتَانِ jasīmatāni	الْجَسِيمَتَانِ al-jasīmatāni
Accusative	جَسِيمَيْنِ jasīmayni	الْجَسِيمَيْنِ al-jasīmayni	جَسِيمَتَيْنِ jasīmatayni	الْجَسِيمَتَيْنِ al-jasīmatayni
Genitive	جَسِيمَيْنِ jasīmayni	الْجَسِيمَيْنِ al-jasīmayni	جَسِيمَتَيْنِ jasīmatayni	الْجَسِيمَتَيْنِ al-jasīmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِسَام jisām	الْجِسَام al-jisām	جِسَام jisām	الْجِسَام al-jisām
Nominative	جِسَامٌ jisāmun	الْجِسَامُ al-jisāmu	جِسَامٌ jisāmun	الْجِسَامُ al-jisāmu
Accusative	جِسَامًا jisāman	الْجِسَامَ al-jisāma	جِسَامًا jisāman	الْجِسَامَ al-jisāma
Genitive	جِسَامٍ jisāmin	الْجِسَامِ al-jisāmi	جِسَامٍ jisāmin	الْجِسَامِ al-jisāmi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جسيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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))

(physics) particle
(biology) corpuscle

Declension

Declension of noun جُسَيْم (jusaym)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُسَيْم jusaym	الْجُسَيْم al-jusaym	جُسَيْم jusaym
Nominative	جُسَيْمٌ jusaymun	الْجُسَيْمُ al-jusaymu	جُسَيْمُ jusaymu
Accusative	جُسَيْمًا jusayman	الْجُسَيْمَ al-jusayma	جُسَيْمَ jusayma
Genitive	جُسَيْمٍ jusaymin	الْجُسَيْمِ al-jusaymi	جُسَيْمِ jusaymi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُسَيْمَيْن jusaymayn	الْجُسَيْمَيْن al-jusaymayn	جُسَيْمَيْ jusaymay
Nominative	جُسَيْمَانِ jusaymāni	الْجُسَيْمَانِ al-jusaymāni	جُسَيْمَا jusaymā
Accusative	جُسَيْمَيْنِ jusaymayni	الْجُسَيْمَيْنِ al-jusaymayni	جُسَيْمَيْ jusaymay
Genitive	جُسَيْمَيْنِ jusaymayni	الْجُسَيْمَيْنِ al-jusaymayni	جُسَيْمَيْ jusaymay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُسَيْمَات jusaymāt	الْجُسَيْمَات al-jusaymāt	جُسَيْمَات jusaymāt
Nominative	جُسَيْمَاتٌ jusaymātun	الْجُسَيْمَاتُ al-jusaymātu	جُسَيْمَاتُ jusaymātu
Accusative	جُسَيْمَاتٍ jusaymātin	الْجُسَيْمَاتِ al-jusaymāti	جُسَيْمَاتِ jusaymāti
Genitive	جُسَيْمَاتٍ jusaymātin	الْجُسَيْمَاتِ al-jusaymāti	جُسَيْمَاتِ jusaymāti

Antonyms

جُسَيْم مُضَادّ (jusaym muḍādd)