sitting
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Highlights
Plural
مَجالِس
Most common words from the same root
مَجْلِس in English
Noun · masculine
- seat
- place of meeting; seat of an assembling body; conference room; court; tribunal
- session, sitting, meeting, party figurative
- council, college, collegium, board, committee, commission figurative
- husainiya
Word origin
Noun of place from the verb جَلَسَ (jalasa).
Words from the root ج-ل-س
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
مَجْلِس: plural and other forms
| Singular | مَجْلِس |
|---|---|
| Plural | مَجالِس |
مَجْلِس in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَالْمَجَالِسَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ، وَالْمُتَّكَآتِ الأُولَى فِي الْوَلاَئِمِ.And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:Mark 12:39, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَيُحِبُّونَ الْمُتَّكَأَ الأَوَّلَ فِي الْوَلاَئِمِ، وَالْمَجَالِسَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ،And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,Matthew 23:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلكِنِ احْذَرُوا مِنَ النَّاسِ، لأَنَّهُمْ سَيُسْلِمُونَكُمْ إِلَى مَجَالِسَ، وَفِي مَجَامِعِهِمْ يَجْلِدُونَكُمْ.But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;Matthew 10:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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