مجس

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.d͡ʒass/

Noun

مَجَسّ • (majass) m (plural مَجَاسّ (majāss))

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

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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.d͡ʒass/

Noun

مِجَسّ • (mijass) m (plural مَجَاسّ (majāss))

  1. sensor, probe
Declension

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Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.sa/

Verb

مَجَّسَ • (majjasa) II, non-past يُمَجِّسُ‎ (yumajjisu)

  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.
Conjugation

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Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج س س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَجَسّ (majass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.d͡ʒass/

Noun

مجس • (majass) m (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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