جمهر

جُمْهُورٌ جمهور (not جَمْهُورٌ, which is a form of the word mentioned by Et-Tilimsánee, MF) A quantity of sand rising above what is around it, (S, Msb, K,) and collected together; (S;) as also ↓ with ة; (L;) so called from its abundance and height: (Msb:) or a large quantity of sand, heaped up, and extensive: (Lth, TA:) and ↓ with ة, sand compacted together, and extending in an oblong form upon the surface of the earth. (TA.) ― -b2- The generality, or main part, of men, or people: (S, A, K:) and the eminent, elevated, or noble, of them: (TA:) and a great number of people: (Msb:) pl. جَمَاهِيرُ; (A, Msb;) which signifies also collective bodies of men. (TA.) You say, هٰذَا قَوْلُ الجُمْهُورِ This is the saying of the generality, or main part. (A.) ― -b3- The generality; the greater, main, or chief, part; the main body, main, gross, mass, or bulk; of anything; (K;) as also ↓ جَمْهَرَةٌ. (W 95.) ― -b4- Also, (K,) or ↓ جُمْهُورَةٌ, (TA,) A noble, or high-born, woman. (K, TA.)