sitting
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جَلَسَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to sit
Word origin
Compare Hebrew גלש (galáš, “surf”).
Words from the root ج-ل-س
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جَلَسَ
· present يَجْلِسُ
Form I · The plain action
to sit
جَالَسَ
· present يُجَالِسُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to sit with
مُجَالَسَة
مُجَالِس
مُجَالَس
جَلِيس
A table-companion
أَجْلَسَ
· present يُجْلِسُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause to be seated
إِجْلَاس
seating
مُجْلِس
مُجْلَس
جَلَسَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جَلَسْتُ | أَجْلِسُ | أَجْلِسَ | أَجْلِسْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جَلَسْتَ | تَجْلِسُ | تَجْلِسَ | تَجْلِسْ | اِجْلِسْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جَلَسْتِ | تَجْلِسِينَ | تَجْلِسِي | تَجْلِسِي | اِجْلِسِي |
| هُوَ he | جَلَسَ | يَجْلِسُ | يَجْلِسَ | يَجْلِسْ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَلَسَتْ | تَجْلِسُ | تَجْلِسَ | تَجْلِسْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جَلَسْتُمَا | تَجْلِسَانِ | تَجْلِسَا | تَجْلِسَا | اِجْلِسَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَلَسَا | يَجْلِسَانِ | يَجْلِسَا | يَجْلِسَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَلَسَتَا | تَجْلِسَانِ | تَجْلِسَا | تَجْلِسَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جَلَسْنَا | نَجْلِسُ | نَجْلِسَ | نَجْلِسْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جَلَسْتُمْ | تَجْلِسُونَ | تَجْلِسُوا | تَجْلِسُوا | اِجْلِسُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جَلَسْتُنَّ | تَجْلِسْنَ | تَجْلِسْنَ | تَجْلِسْنَ | اِجْلِسْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَلَسُوا | يَجْلِسُونَ | يَجْلِسُوا | يَجْلِسُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جَلَسْنَ | يَجْلِسْنَ | يَجْلِسْنَ | يَجْلِسْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | جُلُوس |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَالِس |
| Passive participle | مَجْلُوس |
جَلَسَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا يَحْرُسُونَهُ هُنَاكَ.And sitting down they watched him there;Matthew 27:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَجْلِسُ وَحْدَهُ وَيَسْكُتُ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ.He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.Lamentations 3:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَيْضًا قَدْ جَلَسَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْمَمْلَكَةِ.And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.1 Kings 1:46, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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