جسيم

Arabic

Root
ج س م (j-s-m)

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))

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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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
	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))

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

Declension

Declension of noun جُسَيْم (jusaym)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	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)