Quranic root
جسد
j · s · d
The root conveys the gathering and consolidation of substance, yielding the notion of a corporeal body and related applications to adhering or dried blood and concentrated dye.
From the basic idea of something becoming gathered and firm, the lexicon develops the bodily sense of جَسَدٌ and associated branches for blood that adheres or dries and garments saturated or stiffened with dye.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
جَسَدٌ
jasadun
- Part of speech
- Noun / Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 4 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A corporeal body or bodily form, including the physical body or whole bodily person.
In the Quran, it denotes human bodies and a fashioned calf-body or bodily image. The sense concerns physical embodiment rather than an abstract or incorporeal entity.
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Selected Quran examples
A visibly colored body, especially a red-golden body; in the calf construction, a red-golden calf.
This is a reported interpretation of عِجْلًا جَسَدًا in the Quranic calf passages, specifying the calf's color rather than establishing that color is the meaning in every occurrence.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:148word 9
“an image”
Quran 20:88word 4
“body”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 4 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 11 Classical meanings
جَسِدَ
Of blood: to stick or adhere to something and become dry.
A Form I verb describing the adherence and drying of blood.
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أُجْسِدَ
Of a garment: to be made to stick or adhere to the body.
A passive Form IV construction applied to a garment.
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إِجْسَادٌ
Of a garment: to be dyed so thickly that it stands or stiffens because of the dye.
A Form IV verbal-noun usage concerning the effect of a heavy application of dye.
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تَجَسَّدَ
To become possessed of a body, become corporeal or incarnate; in some usage, to become corpulent.
The corporeal sense is associated with later usage, while some descriptions also use the verb for becoming corpulent.
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جِسَادٌ
Saffron or a similar red, intensely yellow, or bastard-saffron dye.
A color term extended to the dye itself.
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جَسَدٌ، جَسِدٌ
Blood, especially blood that has dried.
The lexical descriptions distinguish between blood itself and dried blood among the related vocalized forms.
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جَاسِدٌ
Blood adhering or sticking to a person.
An active-participial description of blood that has adhered to the body.
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جَلْسَدٌ
Jalsad, the name of an idol worshipped in pagan times.
A proper name; its placement under this root is disputed by one cited authority.
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مُجْسَدٌ
Red.
An adjectival color description.
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مُجْسَدٌ
A garment saturated or stiffened with saffron, bastard saffron, or other red dye.
The term can describe a garment heavily saturated with dye, especially one standing or stiff because of the thickness of the dye.
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مِجْسَدٌ
A garment worn next to the body, especially a woman's undergarment; also a body-adjacent garment dyed with saffron.
The body-adjacent garment usage is explicitly associated with women's wear in the lexical description.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The red-golden-calf reading is reported as one interpretation of the Quranic calf construction; the broader bodily-form sense is kept separate.
Classical authorities differ over the range of جَسَدٌ and its application to non-human bodies, so no single broader object-class restriction is imposed on the Quranic body sense.
The lexical placement of جَلْسَدٌ as an entry under this root is explicitly disputed in the cited material.