اجم

أَجَمَةٌ ذ A thicket, wood, or forest; a collection, (Mgh, Msb,) or an abundant collection, (K,) of tangled, confused, or dense, trees, or shrubs: (Mgh, Msb, K:) or it is of reeds, or canes: (S:) or a [ place such as is termed ] مَغِيض of water collected together, in which, in consequence thereof, trees grow: (S in art. غيض:) [or] it signifies also a bed, or place of growth, of canes or reeds: (Mgh:) the pl. is أَجَمَاتٌ and أُجُمٌ (S, M, K) and أُجْمٌ (M, K) and ↓ أَجَمٌ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) [or rather this last is a coll. gen. n., of which أَجَمَةٌ is the n. un.,] and اـِجَامٌ (S, M, K) and [pl. of pauc.] اآجَامٌ, (S, M, Mgh, K,) or the last but one is pl. of أَجَمٌ, (M,) and so is the last. (Lh, M, Msb.) And hence, The haunt of a lion. (TA in art. حرب.) ― -b2- اآجَامٌ [in the CK اَجام] also signifies Frogs. (Sgh, K.) [App. because frogs are generally found in beds of canes or reeds.]