جلس

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Arabic

Root
ج ل س (j-l-s)

Pronunciation

Verb

جَلَسَ (jalasa) I, non-past يَجْلِسُ‎ (yajlisu)

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

Conjugation

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/
  • (file)

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)