جم

جُمَّةٌ جم جمه جمة : see جَمٌّ: ― -b2- and see also جَمَّةٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also The collective mass of the hair of the head, or the head of hair, (مُجْتَمَعَ شَعْرِ الرَّأْسِ S, Mgh, K,) when more in quantity than what is termed وَفْرَة: (S, Mgh:) or the collective mass of the hair (مُجْتَمَعُ الشَّعْرِ) when it hangs down from the head to the lobe of the ear, and to the two shoulder-joints, and more than that; what does not extend beyond the ears being termed وفرة: (TA:) or the collective mass (مُجْتَمَعَ) of the hair of the نَاصِيَة [or anterior part of the head ]: accord. to some, what reaches to the two shoulder-joints: (Msb:) in the M it is said to signify the hair; and in like manner in the Deewán el-Adab: but ISd adds that it is also said to mean hair more in quantity than that which is termed لِمَّة: accord. to IAth, the hair of the head that falls upon the two shoulder-joints: in the Muhedhdhib, what extends beyond the ears: in the Mukaddameh of Z, what extends to the lobe of the ear: accord. to IDrd, much hair: (TA:) [see also لِمَّةٌ and وَفْرَةٌ:] pl. جُمَمٌ (Msb, TA) and جِمَامٌ: (TA:) dim. ↓ جُمَيْمَةٌ. (TA.) Hence, رَأَى لُمْعَةً فَغَسَلَهَا بِجُمَّتِهِ, meaning [ He saw a spot, and washed it ] by a moistening of his جمّة: or with the water of his جمّة: the prefixed noun being suppressed. (Mgh.) ― -b4- Also [app. (assumed tropical:) A flower-bud; ] the قبة [rendered by Golius “ nodosior pars ”] of a plant, from which the flower comes forth. (KL.) [See an ex. above, voce جَمَّ. If from جُمَّةٌ applied to hair, it would seem rather to mean A tuft. ] ― -b5- One says also, حَذَفَ جُمَّةُ الجَوْزَةِ ثُمَّ أَكَلَهَا (tropical:) [app. meaning He threw away the husk of the walnut: then ate it ]. (TA.)