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مِجْسَدٌ مجسد , (S, A, K,) or ↓ مُجْسَدٌ , (A,) the latter is the original form, because it is from أُجْسِدَ, meaning, "it was made to stick, or adhere, to the body,” (Fr, S,) like مِطْرَفٌ and مُطْرَفٌ, and مِصْحَفٌ and مُصْحَفٌ, (Fr, TA,) A garment worn next the body (IAar, S, A, K) by a woman, so that she sweats in it: (TA:) and a garment worn next the body dyed with saffron: (A:) pl. مَجَاسِدُ. (IAar, A.) [Hence,] لَا يَخْرُجَنَّ إِِلَى المَسَاجِدِ فِى المَجَاسِدِ (IAar, A) They (women) shall by no means go forth to the mosques in the shirts that are next the body. (IAar.) ― -b2- See also مُجْسَدٌ.

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