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Form 1جَلَسَ4 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarجُلُوسٌ جَلْسٌ

Core sense — he sat, or sat up, on rugged ground; he came to Nejdgenerated

1.1he sat cross-legged—جَلَسَ مُتَرَبِّعًا

maṣdar جُلُوسٌ and مَجْلَسٌ.

He placed his seat, or posteriors, on rugged [or rather elevated] ground, of the kind called جَلْسٌ: this is the primary meaning. Hence: he sat; the same as قَعَدَ [when that word is used in its widest sense]. So also in the article قعد.

he sat cross-legged—قَعَدَ مُتَرَبِّعًا

According to El-Fárábee and others, it is the opposite of قَامَ, and so has a wider application than قَعَدَ [when that word is used in its most proper and restricted sense]. But قَعَدَ also means the opposite of قَامَ, as 'Orweh Ibn-Zubeyr says, in the article قعد.

Properly speaking, جَلَسَ differs from قَعَدَ: the first means he sat up, or sat after sleeping, or after prostration, or after lying on his side; the second means he sat down, or sat after standing. See the article قعد for other authorities to the same effect. For جُلُوسٌ is a change of place from low to high, and قُعُودٌ is a change of place from high to low.

he sat leaning, or reclining, on one side—جَلَسَ مُتَّكِئًا

One does not say قَعَدَ مُتَّكِئًا.

he was, or became, cross-legged—جَلَسَ مُتَرَبِّعًا

he was, or became, cross-legged—فَعَدَ مُتَرَبِّعًا

he was, or became, [between her four limbs]—جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الأَرْبَعِ

Both these verbs sometimes mean he was, or became.

El-Fárábee: the man, in this case, is resting on his own four limbs.

[جَلَسَ مَعَهُ and جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ, like خَلَا معه and خلا اليه, mean the same: he sat with him; or the second of each pair, he sat by him.]

but when you come to sitting, perform the duties relating to the road—فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَى المَجْلِسِ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ

An instance of the maṣdar مَجْلَسٌ occurs in a tradition.

The duties alluded to are: the lowering of the eyes, the putting away of what is hurtful or annoying, the returning of greetings, the enjoining of what is good, and the forbidding of what is evil.

beware of sitting on the roads—إِيَّاكُمْ وَالجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ

In my copy of the Jámiʿ es-Sagheer, instead of المجلس I find المَجَالِسِ, which is the plural of المَجْلِسُ.

1.1.1figurative · مجازthe aquiline vulture lay on its breast on the ground—جَلَسَتِ الرَّخَمَةُ

Same as جَثَمَت. A saying applied to one who is of the seceders. [See also قَعَدَ.]

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredit remained, or continued—جَلَسَ

Said of a thing, as for instance a plant.

1.1.3

. He came to الجَلْس, or the high country called Nejd.

Said in the same way of a cloud: it came to Nejd.

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, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. جَلِسَ , (A, K,) inf. n. جُلُوسٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and مَجْلَسٌ , (S, A, K,) He placed his seat, or posteriors, upon rugged [or rather elevated] ground, such as is termed جَلْسٌ : this is the primary signification: (TA:) [and hence,] He sat; i. q. قَعَدَ [when the latter is used in its largest sense]: (Msb, and so S and L and A and K in art. قعد :) you say, جَلَسَ مُتَرَبِّعًا and قَعَدَ مُتَرَبِّعًا [He sat cross-legged]: (Msb:) accord. to El-Fárábee and others, contr. of قَامَ ; and thus it has a more common application than قَعَدَ [when the latter is used in its most proper and restricted sense]: (Msb:) but قَعَدَ also signifies the contr. of قَامَ : ('Orweh Ibn-Zubeyr, L in art. قعد :) properly speaking, جَلَسَ differs from قَعَدَ ; the former signifying he sat up; or sat after sleeping, or prostration, (Msb,) or after lying on his side; (B, TA;) and the latter, he sat down; or sat after standing: (Msb, B, TA: and see other authorities to the same effect in art. قعد :) for جُلُوسٌ is a change of place from low to high, and قُعُودٌ is a change of place from high to low: and one says, جَلَسَ مُتَّكِئًا , but not قَعَدَ مُتَّكِئًا , meaning [He sat] leaning, or reclining, upon one side: (Msb:) but both these verbs sometimes signify he was, or became: and thus, [it is said,] جَلَسَ مُتَرَبِّعًا and فَعَدَ مُتَرَبِّعًا signify he was, or became, cross-legged: and جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الأَرْبَعِ in like manner signifies he was, or became, [between her four limbs,] (El-Fárábee, Msb,) because the man, in this case, is resting upon his own four limbs. (Msb.) [ جَلَسَ مَعَهُ and جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ , like خَلَا معه and خلا اليه , signify the same; i. e. He sat with him: or the latter, he sat by him; like “ assedit ei. ”] An instance of the inf. n. مَجْلَسٌ is found in a trad., in which it is said, فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَى المَجْلِسِ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ [But when ye come to sitting, perform ye the duties relating to the road]. (TA.) [The trad. commences thus: إِيَّاكُمْ وَالجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ Beware ye of sitting on the roads: and then, after the words before cited, (in which, however, in my copy of the Jámi' es-Sagheer, instead of المجلس , I find المَجَالِسِ , which is pl. of المَجْلِسُ ,) it is added that the duties thus alluded to are the lowering of the eyes, the putting away or aside what is hurtful or annoying, the returning of salutations, the enjoining of that which is good, and the forbidding of that which is evil.] جَلَسَتِ الرَّخَمَةُ The aquiline vulture lay upon its breast on the ground; syn. جَثَمَت : a saying applied to him who is of the seceders. (A, TA.) [See also قَعَدَ .] جَلَسَ also signifies It (a thing, as, for instance, a plant,) remained, or continued. (AHn, TA.) Also, (aor. جَلِسَ , inf. n. جَلْسٌ , TA,) He came to الجَلْس , (TA,) or [the high country called] Nejd: (T, S, A, TA:) and in like manner said of a cloud; it came to Nejd. (TA.)

Form 3جالسهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُجَالَسَةٌ

Core sense — he sat with himgenerated

3.1do not sit with a man with whom you will not be congenial—لَا تُجَالِسْ مَنْ لَا تُجَانِسْ

He sat with him. Maṣdar مُجَالَسَةٌ and جِلَاسٌ.

generous in origin, or in disposition; pleasant to sit with—كَرِيمُ النِّحَاسِ طَيِّيبُ الجِلَاسِ

Said of a man.

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, inf. n. مُجَالَسَةٌ and جِلَاسٌ , [He sat with him.] (TA.) You say, لَا تُجَالِسْ مَنْ لَا تُجَانِسْ [Sit not with him with whom thou wilt not be congenial]. (A, TA.) And كَرِيمُ النِّحَاسِ طَيِّيبُ الجِلَاسِ [Generous in origin, or disposition; pleasant to sit with;] is said of a man. (TA.)

Form 4اجلسهُ1 sense

Core sense — he seated him, he made him sit upgenerated

4.1

[He seated him, made him sit; or made him sit up]: he gave him a place, or settled him, in sitting.

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[He seated him; made him to sit: or he made him to sit up]: (S, K, TA:) he gave him place, or settled him, ( مَكَّنَهُ ,) in sitting. (TA.)

Form 6تجاسلوا1 sense

Core sense — they sat together, one with anothergenerated

6.1

[They sat together, one with another,] فِى المَجَالِسِ [in the sitting-places].

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[They sat together; one with another;] (S, A, TA;) فِى المَجَالِسِ [in the sittingplaces]. (S.)

Form 10استجلسهُ1 sense

Core sense — he asked him to sit, or to sit upgenerated

10.1he saw me standing, and he asked me to sit—رَآنِى قَائِمًا فَٱسْتَجْلَسَنِى

[He asked him, or desired him, to sit; or to sit up.]

But this disagrees with what was said at the beginning of the article about the distinction [between جَلَسَ and قَعَدَ].

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[He asked him, or desired him, to sit: or to sit up.]. You say, رَآنِى قَائِمًا فَٱسْتَجْلَسَنِى [He saw me standing, and he asked me, or desired me, to sit]: (A, TA:) but this is at variance with what we have mentioned in the beginning of the art., respecting the distinction [between جَلَسَ and قَعَدَ ]. (TA.)

Derived nouns 12

Nounجَلْسٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — rugged, or elevated, ground; high country; persons sittinggenerated

Rugged ground or land: this is the primary meaning.

1.1

[Also, apparently, elevated ground or land:] a place that is elevated and hard; or, as some say, a tract of land extending widely.

1.2what is elevated above the low country—الجَلْسُ

The low country is غَوْر. Applied especially to the country of Nejd.

2a company of men sitting, or sitting up—قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ

[Persons sitting, or sitting up:] an ism jamʿ according to Sb, or a plural according to Akh, of جَالِسٌ. It is said to be used as singular and plural, feminine and masculine, but that claim is of no account. Or: the people of a مَجْلِس.

جُلُوسٌ is also a plural of جَالِسٌ, as بُكِىٌّ, originally بُكُوىٌ, is of بَاكِ; or it is a maṣdar used as an adjective: see جَاثٍ.

[See also مَجْلِسٌ.]

2.1

Also a woman who sits in the فِنَآء [or court of the house] and does not leave it; or a woman of noble rank among her people.

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Rugged ground or land: (S, K:) this is the primary signification. (TA.) [Also, app., Elevated ground or land:] a place elevated and hard: or, as some say, a tract of land extending widely. (Ham p. 688.) [And hence,] الجَلْسُ What is elevated above the غَوْر [or low country]: (TA:) applied especially to the country of Nejd. (T, S, M, K.) [Persons sitting: or sitting up:] a quasi-pl. n., accord. to Sb, or a pl., accord. to Akh, of جَالِسٌ : said to be used as sing. and pl. and fem. and masc.; but this assertion is of no account: (ISd, L:) or the people of a مَجْلِس : (Lh, ISd, L, K:) [ جُلُوسٌ is also a pl. of جَالِسٌ ; like as بُكِىٌّ , originally بُكُوىٌ , is of بَاكِ : or it is an inf. n. used as an epithet: see جَاثٍ :)] you say قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ [a company of men sitting: or sitting up]. (S.) [See also مَجْلِسٌ .] Also A woman who sits in the فِنَآء [or court of the house], not quitting it: (K:) or she who is of noble rank (K, TA) among her people. (TA.)

Nounجِلْسٌ1 sense

Core sense — rugged, or elevated, groundgenerated

See جَلِيسٌ, in two places.

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: see جَلِيسٌ , in two places.

Nounجَلْسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single sitting, or sitting upgenerated

A single sitting: or sitting up.

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A single sitting: or sitting up. (Msb.)

Nounجِلْسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a manner, or state, of sittinggenerated

1he has a good manner of sitting—هُوَ حَسَنُ الجِلْسَةِ

A way, manner, kind, or state of sitting: or of sitting up.

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A mode or manner, (TA,) kind, (Msb,) or state, (S, A, Msb,) of sitting: or of sitting up. (S, * A, * Msb, K. *) You say, هُوَ حَسَنُ الجِلْسَةِ [He has a good mode, &c., of sitting]. (A, Msb, K.)

Nounجُلَسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who sits much, sedentarygenerated

A man who sits much; sedentary.

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A man (S) who sits much; sedentary. (S, K.)

Nounجُلُوسٌ1 sense

Core sense — sitting, or sitting upgenerated

See جَلْسٌ.

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: see جَلْسٌ .

Nounجَلِيسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a companion with whom one sitsgenerated

1he is my companion with whom I sit—هُوَ جِلْسِى

A companion with whom one sits; also جِلِّيسٌ, as found in a copy of the K, [though this is an intensive form,] and جِلْسٌ.

The feminine of the first is formed with ة; the plural of the same is جُلَسَآءُ, and also, irregularly — being by rule the plural of جَالِسٌ — جُلَّاسٌ.

he is my companion with whom I sit—جَلِيسِى

Just as one says هُوَ خِدْنِى and خَدِينِى.

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(S, A, Msb, K) and جِلِّيسٌ (TA, as found in a copy of the K, [but this is an intensive form,]) and جِلْسٌ (S, A, K) A companion with whom one sits: (A, Msb, K:) fem. of the first with ة : (TA:) and pl. [of the same] جُلَسَآءُ (A, K) and [irreg., being by rule pl. of جَالِسٌ ,] جُلَّاسٌ . (K.) You say, هُوَ جِلْسِى and جَلِيسِى [He is my companion with whom I sit]; like as you say, هُوَ خِدْنِى and خَدِينِى . (S.)

Nounجِلِّيسٌ1 sense

Core sense — a companion with whom one sits muchgenerated

See جَلِيسٌ.

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: see جَلِيسٌ .

Nounجَالِسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sitting, or sitting up; coming to Nejdgenerated

See جَلْسٌ, in two places.

1.1I saw them running, coming to Nejd—رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَعْدُونَ جَالِسِينَ

Also a man, and a cloud, coming to [the high country called] Nejd.

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: see جَلْسٌ , in two places. Also A man, and a cloud, coming to [the high country called] Nejd. (TA.) You say, رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَعْدُونَ جَالِسِينَ I saw them running, coming to Nejd. (A, TA.)

Nounمَجْلَسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a sitting-placegenerated

See 1.

1.1

See also مَجْلِسٌ.

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: see 1: and see مَجْلِسٌ .

Nounمَجْلِسٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a sitting-place; an assembly of people sitting together; a discourse delivered theregenerated

1be grave in your sitting-place—اُرْزُنْ فِى مَجْلِسِكَ

A sitting-place; also with ة, similar to مَكَانٌ and مَكَانَةٌ [a place where people sit together and talk; a sitting-room]: a thing on which one sits.

Some make a strange distinction between مَجْلِسٌ and مَجْلَسٌ, saying that the first is applied to the chamber or house [in which people sit], and the second to a place of honour on which it is forbidden to sit without permission; but only the first form is correct.

Plural مَجَالِسُ.

be grave in your sitting-place—مَجْلِسَتِكَ

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe assembly of people sitting together broke up—اِنْفَضَّ المَجْلِسُ

The people of a مَجْلِس, with a word left out, standing for أَهْلُ مَجْلِسٍ: an assembly, or a company of men, sitting together. It is not well explained as being, with the article ال, the same as النَّاسُ, persons sitting or sitting up.

[See also جَلْسٌ.]

I saw them sitting—رَأَيْتُهُمْ مَجْلِسًا

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

An oration, a discourse, or an exhortation, delivered in a مَجْلِس; like مَقَامَةٌ. So Mtr, in the Preface to Har.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe object of resort, with whom others sit and converse, such a one—مَجْلِسُ فُلَانٍ

It is also used in the same way as حَضْرَة and جَنَاب.

Like حَضْرَةُ فُلَانٍ. [See the articles حضر and جنب. But I believe this usage to be post-classical.]

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Also a stool, meaning an evacuation. So in medical books.]

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A sitting-place; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ with ة ; (Fr, Lh, Sgh, K;) similar to مَكَانٌ and مَكَانَةٌ : (Sgh, TA:) [a place where persons sit together and converse; a sitting-room:] a thing upon which one sits: (MF:) some make a strange distinction between مَجْلِسٌ and مَجْلَسٌ , asserting the former to be applied to the chamber or house ( بَيْت ) [in which people sit]; and the latter, to a place of honour upon which it is forbidden to sit without permission; but the former is the only correct form of the two: (MF, TA:) pl. مَجَالِسُ . (S, Msb.) You say, اُرْزُنْ فِى مَجْلِسِكَ and مَجْلِسَتِكَ [Be thou grave] in thy sitting-place. (Fr, Sgh.) The people of a مَجْلِس ; (Msb, TA;) elliptical, for أَهْلُ مَجْلِسٍ : (TA:) an assembly, or a company of men, sitting [together]: (Th, TA:) not well explained as being, with the article ال , syn. with النَّاسُ : (TA:) persons sitting, or sitting up. (A, TA.) [See also جَلْسٌ .] You say, اِنْفَضَّ المَجْلِسُ [The assembly of persons sitting together broke up]. (Msb.) And رَأَيْتُهُمْ مَجْلِسًا I saw them sitting. (A, TA.) An oration or a discourse, or an exhortation, ( خُطْبَةٌ أَوْ عِظَةٌ ,) delivered in a مَجْلِس ; like مَقَامَةٌ . (Mtr, in the Preface to Har.) It is also used in the same manner as حَضْرَة and جَنَاب : you say مَجْلِسُ فُلَانٍ [meaning The object of resort, with whom others sit and converse, such a one]; like حَضْرَةُ فُلَانٍ . (Kull p. 146.) [See arts. حضر and جنب . But this usage I believe to be post-classical.] [Also A stool; meaning, an evacuation. So in medical books.]

Nounمَجْلِسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sitting-placegenerated

See مَجْلِسٌ, in two places.

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: see مَجْلِسٌ , in two places.