جَرَسَ
Root: جرس
Form: 1
Full Definition
جَرَسَI
, [Present.T, app., ـُ and
ـِ as seems to be implied in the K, Verbal.Noun جَرْسٌ, which see below,] He, or it, made a sound; as also
اجرس : [or both signify he, or it, made a low, gentle, slight, or soft, sound; as appears from what follows.] You say, جَرَسَ بِالكَلَامِ, or جَرَسَ الكَلَامَ, He spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone; or with modulation, or melody; syn. نَغَمَ فِيهِ, or نَغَمَ بِهِ. And جَرَسَ, Verbal.Noun جَرْسٌ; and
; He spoke: or he said a thing, and spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone, or with modulation or melody; expl. by تَكَلَّمَ
بِشَىْءٍ وَتَنَغَّمَ. And
اجرس is also used in the senses here following. It caused the sound of its passing to be heard: and in like manner it is said of a man. ↓ And
2 [Hence, app.,] جَرَسَ, Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun جَرْسٌ, He ate [a thing: because a slight sound is made in doing so]: or he licked [a thing] with his tongue. You say, جَرَسَت النَّحْلُ العُرْفُطَ The bees ate the [trees called] عرفط: and جَرَسَتِ النَّوْرَ, and العَسَلَ [put tropically for النَّوْرَ because honey is made from flowers or blossoms], the bees ate the flowers, or blossoms, making a sound in so doing: or licked the flowers, or blossoms, and thence made honey. And جَرَسَتِ المَاشِيَةُ الشَّجَرَ, and العُشْبَ, The beasts licked the trees, and the herbage. And جَرَسَتِ البَقَرَةُ وَلَدَهَا The cow licked her young one.
2 [Hence, app.,] جَرَسَ, Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun جَرْسٌ, He ate [a thing: because a slight sound is made in doing so]: or he licked [a thing] with his tongue. You say, جَرَسَت النَّحْلُ العُرْفُطَ The bees ate the [trees called] عرفط: and جَرَسَتِ النَّوْرَ, and العَسَلَ [put tropically for النَّوْرَ because honey is made from flowers or blossoms], the bees ate the flowers, or blossoms, making a sound in so doing: or licked the flowers, or blossoms, and thence made honey. And جَرَسَتِ المَاشِيَةُ الشَّجَرَ, and العُشْبَ, The beasts licked the trees, and the herbage. And جَرَسَتِ البَقَرَةُ وَلَدَهَا The cow licked her young one.
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