Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Noun of place from the root ج س س (j-s-s).

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Noun

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مَجَسّ (majassm (plural مَجَاسّ (majāss))

  1. place which one touches to make a judgment from it
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Etymology 2

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Tool noun from the root ج س س (j-s-s).

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مِجَسّ (mijassm (plural مَجَاسّ (majāss))

  1. sensor, probe
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Etymology 3

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Denominal verb of مَجُوس (majūs, Zoroastrians, collective), forming the root م ج س (m-j-s).

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مَجَّسَ (majjasa) II (non-past يُمَجِّسُ (yumajjisu), verbal noun تَمْجِيس (tamjīs))

  1. to Zoroastrianize, to teach someone Zoroastrianism
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 23:137:
      كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ
      kullu mawlūdin yūladu ʕalā l-fiṭrati, faʔabawāhu yuhawwidānihi ʔaw yunaṣṣirānihi ʔaw yumajjisānihi
      Every newborn is born upon the fitra (i.e., in a state of submission to God or al-islām); its parents then Judaize or Christianize or Zoroastrianize it.
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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ج س س
1 term

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From Arabic مَجَسّ (majass).

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Noun

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مجس (majassm (plural مَجَسَّات (majassāt))

  1. Majass; a type of folkloric singing (Mawwal)
    المجس الحجازي حلو
    al-Majass al-ḥijāzi ḥilu
    The Hijazi Majas is nice

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