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جعس

Q. Q. 1 جَعْمَسَ جعمس He (a man, TA) deposited his ordure, or excrement, at once: (K, TA:) or in a dry, or tough, state. (TA.) The م is augmentative. (Sgh, TA.) جعْسٌ جعس , (S, K,) and ↓ جِعْسٌ , (TA,) and ↓ جُعْمُوسٌ ; (AZ, S, and K in art. جعمس,) the first of which is post-classical; (S, K;) and the last, the term used by the Arabs [of the classical ages]; (S;) Human ordure, or excrement; (AZ, TA in art. جعمس;) syn. رَجِيعٌ: (S, K:) or the first signifies the place in which the جُعْمُوس falls: (IDrd, K:) the م in the last word is augmentative; and its pl. is جَعَامِيسُ. (S.) You say, ↓ رَمَى بِجَعَامِيسِ بَطْنِهِ [He cast forth the excrements of his belly]. (S.) جِعْسٌ جعس : see the next preceding paragraph. جُعْمُوسٌ جعموس ; pl. جَعَامِيسُ: see جَعْسٌ. جُعَامِسٌ جعامس A man (TA) who deposits his ordure, or excrement, at once: (K:) or in a dry, or tough, state: as also ↓ مُجَعْمِسٌ . (TA.) مُجَعْمِسٌ مجعمس : see what next precedes.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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