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جمعر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts related to elevation, roughness, and aggregation. It refers to elevated, rough terrain, large gatherings, and the act of gathering oneself.

Derived headwords

الجَمْعَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated rough landclassical

    Rough, elevated land; a high, rough plateau or hill.

  2. 2.
    Heap of stonesclassical

    A heap or collection of stones.

  3. 3.
    Hard, dry groundclassical

    Hard, dry ground.

جَمْعَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To gather oneselfclassical

    The donkey gathered itself to charge or strike.

جمعر الحمار إذا جمع نفسه ليكدم — The donkey gathered itself to charge.
إذا الجمار جعلت تجمر — when the stones began to heap up
الجَمْعُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Great gatheringclassical

    A great gathering or multitude.

الجَمَاعِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Tribal gatheringsclassical

    Gatherings of tribes for war against a king.

  2. 2.
    Large groupsclassical

    Large groups or multitudes.

الجماعير تجمع القبائل على حرب الملك — The great gatherings of tribes to wage war against the king.
أسافة وجمعرname
  1. 1.
    Tribal namesclassical

    Names of two tribes.

تحفهم أسافة وجمعر — They are surrounded by Asafah and Jam'ar (two tribes).

Parallel reading

الأرض الغليظة المرتفعة، وهي القارة المشرفة الغليظة
The rough, elevated land, which is the high, rough plateau.
وانجبن عن حدب الإكام، ... وعن جماعير الجراول
And they turned away from the humps of the hills... and from the great gatherings of the sand dunes.
أشرف تلك الجمعرة ونحو ذلك
That elevated rough land overlooked, and the like.
والجمعور: الجمع العظيم
And the Jam'ur: the great gathering.
جمعر الحمار إذا جمع نفسه ليكدم
The donkey gathered itself to charge.
والجمعرة الحرة والجماعة
And the Jam'arah is the hard, stony ground and the group.
ولا يعد سند الجبل جمعرة
And the slope of the mountain is not considered Jam'arah.
الجماعير تجمع القبائل على حرب الملك
The great gatherings of tribes to wage war against the king.
تحفهم أسافة وجمعر، ... إذا الجمار جعلت تجمر
They are surrounded by Asafah and Jam'ar, ... when the stones began to heap up.
أسافة وجمعر: قبيلتان
Asafah and Jam'ar: two tribes.
ويقال للحجارة المجموعة: جمعر
And a collection of stones is called Jam'ar.
تحفها أسافة وجمعر، ... وخلة قردانها تنسر
It is surrounded by Asafah and Jam'ar, ... and the barren land where dung beetles crawl.
جمعر: غليظة يابسة
Jam'ar: rough and dry.