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جَسَّد
to embody (a role, idea, or character) /dʒasˈsada/
verbB2#3952 most common
Also: to personify, to portray (a role), to give physical form to
Example sentences
جَسَّدَ الْمُمَثِّلُ الدَّوْرَ.
The actor embodied the role.
جَسَّدَتِ الْمُمَثِّلَةُ شَخْصِيَّةَ الْمَلِكَةِ.
The actress embodied the character of the queen.
يُجَسِّدُ هَذَا التِّمْثَالُ رُوحَ الْحُرِّيَّةِ.
This statue embodies the spirit of freedom.
جَسَّدَ الْفَنَّانُ مَشَاعِرَهُ الْعَمِيقَةَ فِي لَوْحَتِهِ الْأَخِيرَةِ.
The artist embodied his deep feelings in his last painting.
تُجَسِّدُ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ مُعَانَاةَ الشَّعْبِ خِلَالَ سَنَوَاتِ الْحَرْبِ الطَّوِيلَةِ.
This novel embodies the suffering of the people during the long years of war.
جَسَّدَتِ الِاتِّفَاقِيَّةُ الْمُبْرَمَةُ بَيْنَ الدَّوْلَتَيْنِ تَحَوُّلًا جَذْرِيًّا فِي مَسَارِ الْعَلَاقَاتِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ.
The agreement concluded between the two countries embodied a radical shift in the course of international relations.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُجَسِّدُ | جَسَّدْتُ | سَأُجَسِّدُ |
| 2sg | تُجَسِّدُ | جَسَّدْتَ | سَتُجَسِّدُ |
| 3sg | يُجَسِّدُ | جَسَّدَ | سَيُجَسِّدُ |
| 1pl | نُجَسِّدُ | جَسَّدْنَا | سَنُجَسِّدُ |
| 2pl | تُجَسِّدُونَ | جَسَّدْتُمْ | سَتُجَسِّدُونَ |
| 3pl | يُجَسِّدُونَ | جَسَّدُوا | سَيُجَسِّدُونَ |
Word family
جَسَدbody, corpse
تَجَسَّدَto become embodied, take on physical form
تَجْسِيدembodiment, personification, depiction
مُجَسِّدone who embodies or portrays (a role)
مُجَسَّدembodied, given concrete form
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ج-س-د (j-s-d), tied to the noun جَسَد (jasad), meaning a physical body. Arabic builds this verb in Form II, which doubles the middle root letter to turn a noun into a causative verb: giving something a jasad, that is, a body. The result is a verb for putting an abstract thing, a role, a feeling, an idea, into concrete physical or dramatic form.
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