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جَسِيمٌ جسيم Great; large; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ جُسَامٌ : (S, K:) big; bulky: (Msb:) fem. with ة: (K:) pl. جِسَامٌ (S, Msb) [and جُسُمٌ also, like as جُدُدٌ is pl. of جَدِيدٌ]: and corpulent, large in body, or big-bodied; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ جُسْمَانِىٌّ , applied to a man. (TA.) You say, هُوَ مِنْ جِسَامِ الأُمُورِ [It is one of great affairs or events]: and مِنْ جَسِيمَاتِ الخُطُوبِ [meaning the same, or of great afflictions or calamities]. (TA.) And جُسُمٌ [likewise, or أُمُورٌ جُسُمٌ,] signifies Great affairs or events. (TA.) جَسِيمُ الأَمْرِ signifies [also] The bulk, or the greater, main, principal, or chief, part, of the affair; and so الأَمْرِ ↓ أَجْسَمُ . (S.) ― -b2- [The pl.] جُسُمٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Intelligent men. (TA.) ― -b3- جَسِيمُ الأَرْضِ Elevated land over which water has risen: (K, * TA:) pl. جِسَامٌ. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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