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تَجَسَّمَ

Root: جسم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَجَسَّمَV see 1.
2 [Hence,] تجسّم فِى عَيْنِى كَذَا Such a thing assumed a form, or shape, [or an embodiment,] in my eye. And تجسّم فُلَانٌ مِنَ الكَرَمِ [app. Such a one was, or became, an embodiment of generosity]. And كَأَنَّهُ كَرَمٌ قَدْ تَجَسَّمَ [app. As though he were generosity embodied].

def.2 تجسّم فُلَانًا He chose such a one مِنْ بَيْنِ القَوْمِ [from among the people, or party], or مِنَ العَشِيرَةِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ [from the kinsfolk, or tribe, &c., and sent him]: as though he directed his course, or aim, to, or towards, his جِسْم [or body]; like as you say, تَأَيَّيْتُهُ, meaning “ I directed my course, or aim, to, or towards, his آيَة, and his شَخْص. ” [See also 5 in art. جشم.] One says also, تَجَسَّمْهَا نَاقَةً مِنَ الإِبِلِ قَٱنْحَرْهَا [Choose thou her, a she-camel from among the camels, and stick her].
2 تجسّم الأَرْضَ He betook himself towards the land, or country, desiring to go thither.
3 تجسّم الرَّمْلَ, and الجَبَلَ, He mounted, or ascended, the greater part of the sand, and of the mountain. [See also 5 in art. جشم.]
4 تجسّم الأَمْرَ i. q. رَكِبَ مُعْظَمَهُ; i. e., He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, the main part, or bulk, of the affair: or he constrained himself to do it, or perform it; as also تجشّمهُ: or both these verbs signify he took it, or imposed it, upon himself, or he undertook it, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience. (Aboo-Turáb, TA in art. جشم.) You say also, يَتَجَسَّمَ فُلَانٌ and يَتَجَشَّمُ المَجَاشِمَ [app. meaning Such a one undertakes, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience, those things, or affairs, that are causes of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience; i. e., difficult, or troublesome, or inconvenient things or affairs: supposing the two nouns to be pls. of which the sings. are مَجْسَمَةٌ and مَجْشَمَةٌ, of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, like مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَشَّقَةٌ (originally مَشْقَقَةٌ) &c.].


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