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جَلْسَة
session /ˈdʒal.sa/
nounB1#1506 most common
Also: sitting, meeting, gathering
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ جَلْسَةٌ مُهِمَّة.
This is an important session.
تَبْدَأُ الجَلْسَةُ في السّاعَةِ التّاسِعَة.
The session begins at nine o'clock.
حَضَرَ الوُزَراءُ جَلْسَةَ البَرْلَمان.
The ministers attended the parliament session.
كانَتْ جَلْسَةُ التَّصْويرِ طَويلَةً جِدّاً.
The photo session was very long.
أَجَّلَتِ المَحْكَمَةُ الجَلْسَةَ إلى الأُسْبوعِ المُقْبِل.
The court adjourned the session until next week.
خَرَجَ المُفاوِضونَ مِنَ الجَلْسَةِ المُغْلَقَةِ دونَ التَّوَصُّلِ إلى اتِّفاقٍ.
The negotiators left the closed session without reaching an agreement.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَلْسَةٌ | جَلَساتٌ |
| Genitive | جَلْسَةٍ | جَلَساتٍ |
| Accusative | جَلْسَةً | جَلَساتٍ |
| Vocative | يا جَلْسَةُ | يا جَلَساتُ |
Word family
جَلَسَto sit
مَجْلِسcouncil, assemblyجُلوسsitting (the act)
جَليسcompanion, one you sit with
جالِسseated, sittingEtymology
جَلْسَة comes from the triliteral root ج-ل-س, 'to sit.' It is built on the pattern فَعْلَة, the noun of a single instance, so at root it names one act of sitting. From that plain sense it grew to mean a formal sitting: a meeting, a court hearing, or a session of any kind.
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