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جاس
to go through a place, roaming and searching it thoroughly /ˈdʒaː.sa/
verbB2#3297 most common
Also: to penetrate and scour (an area), to rove through, ransacking as one goes
Example sentences
جاس الجندي في الشارع.
The soldier roamed through the street.
جاست القوات خلال المدينة.
The forces went through the city, searching it.
جاسوا خلال الديار بحثاً عن الفارين.
They went through the dwellings, searching for the fugitives.
فجاسوا خلال الديار وكان وعداً مفعولاً.
So they went through the dwellings, and it was a promise fulfilled.
يجوس المحقق في تفاصيل القضية ليكشف الحقيقة.
The investigator goes through the details of the case to uncover the truth.
جاس التاريخ في أعماق الذاكرة الجمعية للأمة.
History worked its way through the depths of the nation's collective memory.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أجوس | جستُ | سأجوس |
| 2sg | تجوس | جستَ | ستجوس |
| 3sg | يجوس | جاس | سيجوس |
| 1pl | نجوس | جسنا | سنجوس |
| 2pl | تجوسون | جستم | ستجوسون |
| 3pl | يجوسون | جاسوا | سيجوسون |
Word family
جاسto go through, searching thoroughly
يجوسgoes through, searches (present tense)
جوس / جوسانthe act of roaming through and searching a place
جائسone who roams through and searches a place
Etymology
جاس comes from the Semitic root ج-و-س (j-w-s), a hollow verb built on the pattern of قال. Its most famous appearance is in the Quran, verse 17:5, describing invaders who went through the homes of a people, searching every corner. From this concrete image of moving through and scouring a place, later writers extended the verb to abstract searching, such as an investigator going through case details.
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