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5 تَجَسَّمَ see 1. ― -b2- [Hence,] تجسّم فِى عَيْنِى كَذَا (tropical:) Such a thing assumed a form, or shape, [or an embodiment,] in my eye. (TA.) And تجسّم فُلَانٌ مِنَ الكَرَمِ (tropical:) [app. Such a one was, or became, an embodiment of generosity]. (TA.) And كَأَنَّهُ كَرَمٌ قَدْ تَجَسَّمَ (tropical:) [app. As though he were generosity embodied]. (TA.) -A2- تجسّم فُلَانًا (tropical:) He chose such a one (S, K, TA) مِنْ بَيْنِ القَوْمِ [from among the people, or party], (S,) or مِنَ العَشِيرَةِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ [from the kinsfolk, or tribe, &c., and sent him]: (TA:) 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. ” (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم.] One says also, تَجَسَّمْهَا نَاقَةً مِنَ الإِِبِلِ قَا@نْحَرْهَا [Choose thou her, a she-camel from among the camels, and stick her]. (TA.) ― -b2- تجسّم الأَرْضَ (assumed tropical:) He betook himself towards the land, or country, (S, K,) desiring to go thither. (S.) ― -b3- تجسّم الرَّمْلَ, (S, K,) and الجَبَلَ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He mounted, or ascended, the greater part of the sand, (S, K,) and of the mountain. (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم.] ― -b4- تجسّم الأَمْرَ (tropical:) i. q. رَكِبَ مُعْظَمَهُ; (S, K, TA;) i. e., He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, the main part, or bulk, of the affair: (TK:) or he constrained himself to do it, or perform it; as also تجشّمهُ: (Aboo-Mihjen, Aboo-Turáb, TA:) 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, فُلَانٌ ↓ يَتَجَسَّمَ المَجَاسِمَ and يَتَجَشَّمُ المَجَاشِمَ (tropical:) [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.]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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