Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

جَسَأَ, aor ـَ, inf. n. جُسُوْءٌ and جُسْأَةٌ, (Ḳ,) thus in the corrected copies of the Ḳ, but in some copies the latter inf. n. is written جُسَآءَةٌ, (TA,) It (a thing, TA) was, or became, hard, tough, rigid, or stiff; (Ḳ, TA;) as also جَسَا, aor ـُ. (Mṣb and Ḳ in art. جسو.)

جَسَأَتْ يَدُهُ, aor ـَ, inf. n. جَسْءٌ, His hand became hard, tough, callous, (Ṣ, TA,) coarse, or rough, (TA,) from work. (Ṣ, TA.)

جَسَأَتْ مَفَاصِلُهُ His joints became rigid, or stiff. (TA.)

جُسِئَتِ الأَرْضُ The ground became hard, or hard and level, and rough: from جَسْءٌ, explained below. (Ks, Ḳ.)

حَسْءٌ Hard, or hard and level, and rough, ground, (جَلَدٌ خَشِنٌ, Ks, Ḳ, TA,) resembling small pebbles. (TA.) [Accord. to some copies of the Ḳ, Rough skin (جِلْدٌ خَشِنٌ).]

Frozen water, (Ḳ, TA,) resembling hail [strewed on the ground], (TA.)

جُسْأَةٌ Hardness, toughness, callousness, [coarseness, or roughness,] of the hand, from work. (Ṣ.)

Rigidity, or stiffness, of the neck, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) in a horse or the like. (Ṣ, TA.)

يَدٌ جَسْآءٌ A hard, tough, callous, coarse, or rough, hand. (Ḳ, TA.)

جَاسِئٌ [Hard, tough, rigid, or stiff: see 1]. You say جَبَلٌ جَاسِئٌ [A hard, or hard and rugged, mountain]. (TA.) And صخُورٌ جَاسِئَةٌ [Hard, or hard and rugged, rocks]. (TA.) And نَبْتٌ جَاسِئٌ A rigid, or tough, plant. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ جَاسِئَةٌ Hard, or hard and level, and rough, ground; (TA;) as alsoمَجْسُوْءَةٌ↓. (Ks, Ḳ.) And مَكَانٌ جَاسِئٌ A rugged place; as also شَاسِئٌ. (TA.) And دَابَّةٌ جَاسِئَةٌ القَوَائِمِ A beast, or horse or the like, having rigid, or stiff, legs, that will hardly bend. (TA.)

جَاسِئَآءُ [in the CKجا سِياء] Hardness, toughness, rigidness, or stiffness; and ruggedness, or roughness. (Ḳ,* TA.)