جسم1 جَسُمَ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ـُ (K,) inf. n. جَسَامَةٌ, (Msb, TA,) He, or it, (a thing, S,) was, or became, great, or large: (S, K:) or so جَسِمَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. جَسَمٌ: and the former, it (a thing) was, or it, was, or became, great, big, or bulky: (Msb:) or he, or it, was, or became, great, or large, in body: (KL:) or he, or it, was, or became, corpulent; or corporeal, or bodied; as also ↓ تجسّم. (MA, PS.) 2 جسّم, inf. n. تَجْسِيمٌ, He, or it, made, or rendered, corporeal; or great, large, big, or bulky. (KL.) b2:  [He made to be solid, or to have length and breadth and thickness.]5 تَجَسَّمَ see 1. b2:  [Hence,] تجسّم فِى عَيْنِى كَذَا (tropical:)  Such a thing assumed a form, or shape, [or an embodiment,] in my eye. (TA.) And تجسّم فُلَانٌ مِنَ الكَرَمِ (tropical:)  [app. Such a one was, or became, an embodiment of generosity]. (TA.) And كَأَنَّهُ كَرَمٌ قَدْ تَجَسَّمَ (tropical:)  [app. As though he were generosity embodied]. (TA.) A2:  تجسّم فُلَانًا (tropical:)  He chose such a one (S, K, TA) مِنْ بَيْنِ القَوْمِ [from among the people, or party], (S,) or مِنَ العَشِيرَةِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ [from the kinsfolk, or tribe, &c., and sent him]: (TA:) as though he directed his course, or aim, to, or towards, his جِسْم [or body]; like as you say, تَأَيَّيْتُهُ, meaning “ I directed my course, or aim, to, or towards, his آيَة, and his شَخْص. ” (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم.] One says also, تَجَسَّمْهَا نَاقَةً مِنَ الإِبِلِ قَانْحَرْهَا [Choose thou her, a she-camel from among the camels, and stick her]. (TA.) b2:  تجسّم الأَرْضَ (assumed tropical:)  He betook himself towards the land, or country, (S, K,) desiring  to go thither. (S.) b3:  تجسّم الرَّمْلَ, (S, K,) and الجَبَلَ, (S,) (assumed tropical:)  He mounted, or ascended, the greater part of the sand, (S, K,) and of the mountain. (S.) [See also 5 in art. جشم.] b4:  تجسّم الأَمْرَ (tropical:) i. q. رَكِبَ مُعْظَمَهُ; (S, K, TA;) i. e., He ventured upon, embarked in, or undertook, the main part, or bulk, of the affair: (TK:) or he constrained himself to do it, or perform it; as also تجشّمهُ: (Aboo-Mihjen, Aboo-Turáb, TA:) or both these verbs signify he took it, or imposed it, upon himself, or he undertook it, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience. (Aboo-Turáb, TA in art. جشم.) You say also, فُلَانٌ↓ يَتَجَسَّمَ المَجَاسِمَ and يَتَجَشَّمُ المَجَاشِمَ (tropical:)  [app. meaning Such a one undertakes, in spite of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience, those things, or affairs, that are causes of difficulty or trouble or inconvenience; i. e., difficult, or troublesome, or inconvenient things or affairs: supposing the two nouns to be pls. of which the sings. are مَجْسَمَةٌ and مَجْشَمَةٌ, of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, like مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَشَّقَةٌ (originally مَشْقَقَةٌ) &c.]. (TA.) جِسْمٌ The body, with the limbs or members; syn. جَسَدٌ; (Az, S, Msb;) as also ↓ جُسْمَانٌ and جُثْمَانٌ: (Az, S, Msb: *) or جِسْمٌ and ↓ جُسْمَانٌ are  syn. with جَسَدٌ; (As, S;) or signify the whole body and limbs or members of a man, (K, and T and Msb in explanation of جسم,) and of a beast, a camel, and the like, (T, Msb,) and of any other species, (K,) of large make; (T, Msb, K;) and جُثْمَانٌ is syn. with شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning “ a person ”]; and ↓ جُسْمَانٌ signifies the whole جِسْم of a man: (As, S:) or جِسْمٌ signifies [a body, or material substance; a solid;] a thing having length and breadth and thickness; so that, when it is cut and divided, no portion thereof ceases to be a جِسْم; whereas a شَخْص [meaning “ a person ”] ceases to be a شَخْص by its being divided: (Er-Rághib, TA:) a thing that is capable of being divided in length and breadth and thickness is called جِسْمٌ طَبِيعِىٌّ, and also, because it is a subject of investigation, or inquiry, in instruction in the mathematical studies, جِسْمٌ تَعْلِيمِىٌّ: (KT:) pl. [of pauc.] أَجْسَامٌ and [of mult] جُسُومٌ. (K.) You say, ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ, (M, A, K, in art. ثوب,) and أَثَابَ جِسْمُهُ, (IKt, M, ib.,) and ثَابَ إِلَيْهِ جِسْمُهُ, (T, M, A, ib.,) (tropical:)  He became fat, after leanness; (A;) his good state of body returned to him; (M, K; *) his condition of body became good, after extenuation; and health, or soundness, thereof returned to him. (T.) And ↓ إِنَّهُ لَحَنِيفُ الجُسْمَانِ [Verily he is slender, spare, or lean, of body]. (TA.) b2:  الأَجْسَامُ المُخْتَلِفَةُ الطَّبَائِعِ [The material substances of different natures; also called الأَجْسَامُ السَّبْعَةُ the seven material substances, and الفِلِذَاتُ; namely,] the عَنَاصِر [which are the four elements, fire, air, earth, and water,] and the three products composed of these, (KT,) which are minerals, vegetables, and animals. (Note in a copy of the KT.) الأَجْسَامُ الطَّبِيعِيَّهُ, as used by those who study to discover occult things, signifies The عَرْش and the كُرْسِىّ: and الأَجْسَامُ العُنْصُرِيَّةُ, everything beside these two, of the heavens and the [elements termed] أُسْطُقُسَات therein. (KT.) جِسْمِىٌّ Bodily, or corporeal.]جِسْمِيَّةٌ Bodiliness, or corporeity.]جُسْمَانٌ: see جِسْمٌ, in four places.جُسْمَانِىٌّ: see جَسِيمٌ.جُسَامٌ: see what next follows جَسِيمٌ Great; large; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ جُسَامٌ: (S, K:) big; bulky: (Msb:) fem. with ة: (K:) pl. جِسَامٌ (S, Msb) [and جُسُمٌ also, like as جُدُدٌ is pl. of جَدِيدٌ]: and corpulent, large in body, or big-bodied; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ جُسْمَانِىٌّ, applied to a man. (TA.) You say, هُوَ مِنْ جِسَامِ الأُمُورِ [It is one of great affairs or events]: and مِنْ جَسِيمَاتِ الخُطُوبِ [meaning the same, or of great afflictions or calamities]. (TA.) And جُسُمٌ [likewise, or أُمُورٌ جُسُمٌ,] signifies Great affairs or events. (TA.) جَسِيمُ الأَمْرِ signifies [also] The bulk, or the greater, main, principal, or chief, part, of the affair; and so الأَمْرِ ↓ أَجْسَمُ. (S.) b2:  [The pl.] جُسُمٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Intelligent men. (TA.) b3:  جَسِيمُ الأَرْضِ Elevated land over which water has risen: (K, * TA:) pl. جِسَامٌ. (K.) أَجْسَمُ Greater, larger, bigger, or bulkier; or greatest, largest, biggest, or bulkiest. (S, K.) See also جَسِيمٌ.مَجَاسِمُ: see 5, last sentence.