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جُلُوسٌ sitting in Arabic

جُلُوسٌ is how you say “sitting” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ يَوْمًا جُلُوسٌ فِي بَيْتِنَا

One day, while we were sitting in our house.

جُلُوسٌ sitting

An action-noun (a plural 'sitters / sitting') serving as the predicate of the 'we' clause, so 'we (were) sitting'. Arabic builds the state this way without a 'to be' verb; the -un ending matches the nominative 'we' it describes.

From The Secret Migration

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بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ،

While we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, one day a man with very white clothes appeared to us.

جُلُوسٌ sitting

A noun naming a state, 'sitting', serving as what is said about 'we'; Arabic links subject and this state-noun with no verb 'were'. Together they give 'we were in a sitting'.

From When Gabriel Came to Teach

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