جلس

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Arabic

Root
ج ل س (j l s)
8 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

جَلَسَ • (jalasa) I (non-past يَجْلِسُ (yajlisu), verbal noun جُلُوس (julūs))

  1. to sit
    Synonyms: وَثَبَ (waṯaba), قَعَدَ (qaʕada)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of جَلَسَ (I, sound, a ~ i, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun جُلُوس)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		جُلُوس
julūs
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		جَالِس
jālis
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَجْلُوس
majlūs
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m جَلَسْتُ
jalastu 		جَلَسْتَ
jalasta 		جَلَسَ
jalasa 		جَلَسْتُمَا
jalastumā 		جَلَسَا
jalasā 		جَلَسْنَا
jalasnā 		جَلَسْتُمْ
jalastum 		جَلَسُوا
jalasū
f جَلَسْتِ
jalasti 		جَلَسَتْ
jalasat 		جَلَسَتَا
jalasatā 		جَلَسْتُنَّ
jalastunna 		جَلَسْنَ
jalasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَجْلِسُ
ʔajlisu 		تَجْلِسُ
tajlisu 		يَجْلِسُ
yajlisu 		تَجْلِسَانِ
tajlisāni 		يَجْلِسَانِ
yajlisāni 		نَجْلِسُ
najlisu 		تَجْلِسُونَ
tajlisūna 		يَجْلِسُونَ
yajlisūna
f تَجْلِسِينَ
tajlisīna 		تَجْلِسُ
tajlisu 		تَجْلِسَانِ
tajlisāni 		تَجْلِسْنَ
tajlisna 		يَجْلِسْنَ
yajlisna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَجْلِسَ
ʔajlisa 		تَجْلِسَ
tajlisa 		يَجْلِسَ
yajlisa 		تَجْلِسَا
tajlisā 		يَجْلِسَا
yajlisā 		نَجْلِسَ
najlisa 		تَجْلِسُوا
tajlisū 		يَجْلِسُوا
yajlisū
f تَجْلِسِي
tajlisī 		تَجْلِسَ
tajlisa 		تَجْلِسَا
tajlisā 		تَجْلِسْنَ
tajlisna 		يَجْلِسْنَ
yajlisna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَجْلِسْ
ʔajlis 		تَجْلِسْ
tajlis 		يَجْلِسْ
yajlis 		تَجْلِسَا
tajlisā 		يَجْلِسَا
yajlisā 		نَجْلِسْ
najlis 		تَجْلِسُوا
tajlisū 		يَجْلِسُوا
yajlisū
f تَجْلِسِي
tajlisī 		تَجْلِسْ
tajlis 		تَجْلِسَا
tajlisā 		تَجْلِسْنَ
tajlisna 		يَجْلِسْنَ
yajlisna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m اِجْلِسْ
ijlis 		اِجْلِسَا
ijlisā 		اِجْلِسُوا
ijlisū
f اِجْلِسِي
ijlisī 		اِجْلِسْنَ
ijlisna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — — جُلِسَ
julisa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — — يُجْلَسُ
yujlasu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — — يُجْلَسَ
yujlasa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — — يُجْلَسْ
yujlas 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جلس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Verb

جلس • (galas) I (non-past يجلس (yiglis))

  1. to sit

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج ل س
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جَلَس • (jalas) I (non-past يِجْلِس (yijlis))

  1. to sit, to stay
    Synonym: قَعَد (gaʕad)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جلس (jalas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جلست (jalast) جلست (jalast) جلس (jalas) جلسنا (jalasna) جلستوا (jalastu) جلسوا (jalasu)
f جلستي (jalasti) جلست (jalasat)
non-past m أجلس (ʔajlis) تجلس (tijlis) يجلس (yijlis) نجلس (nijlis) تجلسوا (tijlisu) يجلسوا (yijlisu)
f تجلسي (tijlisi) تجلس (tijlis)
imperative m اجلس (ajlis) اجلسوا (ajlisu)
f اجلسي (ajlisi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَلَّسَ (jallasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جلس • (jallas) II (non-past يِجَلِّس (yijallis))

  1. to let sit, to let stay
    Synonym: قَعَّد (gaʕʕad)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جلس (jallas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جلست (jallast) جلست (jallast) جلس (jallas) جلسنا (jallasna) جلستوا (jallastu) جلسوا (jallasu)
f جلستي (jallasti) جلست (jallasat)
non-past m أجلس (ʔajallis) تجلس (tijallis) يجلس (yijallis) نجلس (nijallis) تجلسوا (tijallisu) يجلسوا (yijallisu)
f تجلسي (tijallisi) تجلس (tijallis)
imperative m جلس (jallis) جلسوا (jallisu)
f جلسي (jallisi)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ل س
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlas/
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Verb

جلس • (glas) I (non-past يجلس (yiglas))

  1. to sit down

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَلَّسَ (jallasa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جلس • (gallas) II (non-past يجلس (ygallas))

  1. to cause to sit down
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جلس
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جلّست (gallast) جلّستي (gallasti) جلّس (gallas) جلّسنا (gallasna) جلّستوا (gallastu) جلّسوا (gallsu)
f جلّست (gallsāt)
non-past m نجلّس (ngallas) تجلّس (tgallas) يجلّس (ygallas) نجلّسوا (ngallsu) تجلّسوا (tgallsu) يجلّسوا (ygallsu)
f تجلّسي (tgallsi) تجلّس (tgallas)
imperative m جلّس (gallas) جلّسوا (gallsu)
f جلّسي (gallsi)
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