جمع

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root 'جمع' (jama'a) primarily denotes the concept of bringing things together, collecting, gathering, or assembling. This encompasses physical collection, the union of people, the consolidation of ideas or plans, and even biological processes like pregnancy or the formation of offspring. It also extends to concepts of completeness, totality, and the culmination of events.

Derived headwords

جَمَعَverb

1.
to gather, collectboth
To bring together scattered items or people into one place or group.
2.
to assembleboth
To bring together components or elements to form a whole.
3.
to consolidateboth
To make an idea, plan, or effort firm and unified.
4.
to conceiveclassical
Used for female animals to carry offspring.

جمع القوم — The people gathered.

جمع المال — He collected the money.

جمع أمره — He consolidated his affair.

جُمُعَةnoun

1.
Fridayboth
The day of congregational prayer in Islam, named for the gathering of people.
2.
gatheringclassical
A collection or assembly of people.

يوم الجمعة — Friday (the day).

أول جمعة جمعت بالمدينة — The first Friday prayer held in Medina.

جَمْعnoun

1.
gathering, collectionboth
The act or result of gathering or collecting things or people.
2.
crowdboth
A large group of people assembled together.
3.
sumboth
The total amount or result of combining things.
4.
date (fruit)classical
A type of date fruit whose name is unknown, or a mixture of different types.
5.
Muzdalifahclassical
A place near Mecca where pilgrims gather during Hajj.

جمع الناس — The gathering of people.

جمع من التمر — A handful of dates.

بع الجمع بالدراهم — Sell the mixed dates for dirhams.

جَامِعnoun

1.
mosqueboth
A place of worship for Muslims, often a large congregational mosque.
2.
collectorclassical
One who gathers or collects things.
3.
stomachclassical
The belly or abdomen.

صلاة الجمعة في الجامع — The Friday prayer in the mosque.

الجامع: البطن، يمانية — The stomach: the belly, a Yamanite term.

جَمِيعadjective

1.
all, entireboth
Used to emphasize totality or completeness, often as a confirmation of a preceding noun.

جاؤوا جميعهم — They all came.

لك هذا المال أجمع — All this money is yours.

أَجْمَعَverb

1.
to resolve, decide firmlyboth
To make a firm decision or to have a unified opinion about something.
2.
to gather, collectclassical
To bring together scattered things, especially livestock.

أجمع أمرك — Consolidate your affair.

أجمعت الإبل: سقتها جميعا — The camels were gathered: he drove them all together.

مُجَامَعَةnoun

1.
coitus, intercourseboth
A euphemism for sexual intercourse.
2.
agreement, collaborationclassical
The act of agreeing with someone or collaborating on a matter.

جامعها مجامعة وجماعا: نكحها — He had intercourse with her, مجامعة and جماعا: he married her.

جامعه على الأمر: مالأه عليه واجتمع معه — He collaborated with him on the matter: he agreed with him and joined him.

جَامِعَةnoun

1.
universitymodern
An institution of higher education and research.
2.
shackle, collarclassical
A device worn around the neck that binds the hands, like a yoke or chain.
3.
large potclassical
A large cooking pot, capable of holding a whole carcass.

جامعة القاهرة — Cairo University.

والجامعة: الغل لأنها تجمع اليدين إلى العنق — And the جامعة: the shackle because it binds the hands to the neck.

جُمَّاعnoun

1.
coitus, intercourseboth
Sexual intercourse.
2.
large potclassical
A large cooking pot.

وجامعها مجامعة وجماعا: نكحها — And he had intercourse with her, مجامعة and جماعا: he married her.

أكبر البرام الجماع — The largest pots are the جماع.

مَجْمُوعnoun

1.
sum, totalboth
The result of adding numbers or combining things.
2.
collectionboth
A group of things brought together.
3.
gathered, assembledclassical
Describing something that has been brought together.

مجموع الأعداد — The sum of the numbers.

ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس — That is the Day when mankind will be gathered.

جَمَّعَverb

1.
to gather, collectboth
To bring together scattered things, often repeatedly or with effort.
2.
to pray the Friday prayerclassical
To perform the congregational Friday prayer.

جمع فلان مالا — So-and-so collected money.

من لم يجمع الصيام من الليل فلا صيام له — Whoever does not resolve to fast from the night before, has no fast.

جَامَعَverb

1.
to have intercourseboth
To engage in sexual intercourse.
2.
to agree with, collaborateclassical
To align with someone's opinion or join them in an action.

جامعها مجامعة وجماعا — He had intercourse with her.

جامعه على الأمر — He collaborated with him on the matter.

اِسْتَجْمَعَverb

1.
to become complete, gatherboth
To become whole, unified, or collected.
2.
to gather speed, runclassical
Used for a horse to gather itself and run.

استجمع البقل إذا يبس كله — The herbs became complete when they all dried up.

استجمع الفرس جريا — The horse gathered itself for a run.

مُجَمَّعnoun

1.
gathering placeboth
A place where people or things gather.
2.
assemblyboth
A group of people or things brought together.
3.
unified, consolidatedclassical
Describing something that has been made whole or firm.

مجمع القوم — The gathering place of the people.

نهب مجمع — Collected plunder.

جَمْعَاءadjective

1.
entire, wholeboth
Emphasizing completeness, used for feminine nouns.
2.
healthy, complete (animal)classical
An animal that is complete and free from defects.

لك هذه الحنطة جمعاء — All this wheat is yours.

بهيمة جمعاء — A complete animal (without defects).

جَمْعِيّadjective

1.
collectivemodern
Relating to a group or collection.
2.
one who fasts on Friday aloneclassical
Describing someone who fasts on Friday by itself.

العمل الجمعي — Collective work.

لا تك جمعيا — Do not be one who fasts on Friday alone.

جَمْعَاتnoun

1.
gatheringsboth
Plural of gathering or assembly.

اجتماعات وجمعات — Meetings and gatherings.

جُمَّعnoun

1.
gathering, assemblyclassical
The act or place of gathering.

بات بجمع ثم آب إلى منى — He stayed overnight at Muzdalifah then returned to Mina.

جَمَّاعadjective

1.
collecting, gatheringclassical
One who collects or gathers things.
2.
great, largeclassical
Used to describe something large or significant.

فلان جماع لبني فلان — So-and-so is a rallying point for the people of so-and-so.

مُجَمِّعَةnoun

1.
gathering placeclassical
A place where things gather or meet.

فلاة مجمعة — A desert where people gather.

جَمْعَاءnoun

1.
she-camelclassical
An old, weak she-camel.

الجمعاء: الناقة الكافة الهرمة — The جمعاء: the old and weak she-camel.

تَجْمِيعnoun

1.
gathering, collectionboth
The act of gathering or collecting.
2.
performing the Friday prayerclassical
The act of praying the Friday prayer.

جمع الناس تجميعا: شهدوا الجمعة وقضوا الصلاة فيها — The people gathered, تجميعا: they attended Friday prayer and performed the prayer therein.

جمعت الدجاجة تجميعا — The hen gathered her eggs in her belly.

جَمْعَاوَاتnoun

1.
gatheringsclassical
Plural of gathering.

جَمْعَاوِيّadjective

1.
collectiveclassical
Relating to a collection or group.

جَمْعَاوِيَّةnoun

1.
collective nounclassical
A noun that denotes a collection of individuals.

Parallel reading

وناقة جمع: في بطنها ولد

And a pregnant she-camel: in her belly is a fetus.

والخادج: التي ألقت ولدها

And the khadij: she who has delivered her offspring.

وامرأة جامع: في بطنها ولد

And a pregnant woman: in her belly is a fetus.

ودابة جامع: تصلح للسرج والإكاف

And a pregnant animal: suitable for the saddle and pack-saddle.

والجمع: كل لون من التمر لا يعرف اسمه

And al-jam': every type of date whose name is unknown.

وجامعها مجامعة وجماعا: نكحها

And he had intercourse with her, مجامعة and جماعا: he married her.

وجامعه على الأمر: مالأه عليه واجتمع معه

And he collaborated with him on the matter: he agreed with him and joined him.

وقدر جماع وجامعة: عظيمة

And a جماع and جامعة pot: large.

ويقال: فلان جماع لبني فلان إذا كانوا يأوون إلى رأيه وسودده

And it is said: So-and-so is a rallying point for the people of so-and-so if they resort to his opinion and leadership.

واستجمع البقل إذا يبس كله

And the herbs became complete when they all dried up.

واستجمع الوادي إذا لم يبق منه موضع إلا سال

And the valley became complete when no part of it remained but that it flowed.

واستجمع القوم إذا ذهبوا كلهم لم يبق منهم أحد

And the people became complete when they all departed, none remaining.

وجمع أمره وأجمعه وأجمع عليه: عزم عليه

And he consolidated his affair, and made it complete, and resolved upon it: he was determined.

فأجمعوا أمركم وشركاءكم

So resolve upon your affair and your partners.

ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس

That is the Day when mankind will be gathered.

الذي جمع مالا وعدده

Who amassed wealth and counted it.

فأجمعوا كيدكم ثم ائتوا صفا

So perfect your plan, then come in ranks.

من لم يجمع الصيام من الليل فلا صيام له

Whoever does not resolve to fast from the night before, has no fast.

أجمعت صدقه

He resolved to give his charity.

ما لم أجمع مكثا

Unless I resolve to stay.

أجمع أمره أي جعله جميعا بعد ما كان متفرقا

He consolidated his affair, meaning he made it all together after it was scattered.

أجمعت النهب

He gathered the plunder.

فإذا اجتمعت قيل: أجمعوها

And when they gathered, it was said: Gather them.

والجمع: أن تجمع شيئا إلى شيء

And al-jam': to add one thing to another.

والإجماع: أن تجمع الشيء المتفرق جميعا

And al-ijma': to gather the scattered thing all together.

وأجمعت الهواجر كل رجع

And the midday heat dried up every pool.

وأجمعت الإبل: سقتها جميعا

And the camels were gathered: he drove them all together.

وأجمعت الأرض سائلة وأجمع المطر الأرض إذا سال رغابها وجهادها كلها

And the land became saturated, and the rain saturated the land when all its hollows and plains flowed.

وفلاة مجمعة ومجمعة: يجتمع فيها القوم ولا يتفرقون خوف الضلال

And a desert that is a gathering place and a gathering place: where people gather and do not disperse for fear of getting lost.

وقبضة منه

A handful of it.

يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا نودي للصلاة من يوم الجمعة

O you who have believed, when the call is made for prayer on Friday.

لأنه يجمع الناس

Because it gathers people.

وهو يوم العروبة

And it is the Day of 'Arubah.

أول جمعة جمعت بالمدينة

The first Friday prayer held in Medina.

إنما سمي يوم الجمعة لأن الله تعالى جمع فيه خلق آدم

It is only called Friday because Allah Almighty gathered the creation of Adam on it.

وذلك لاجتماعهم في المسجد

And that is due to their gathering in the mosque.

لأن قريشا كانت تجتمع إلى قصي في دار الندوة

Because Quraysh used to gather to Qusayy in Dar al-Nadwah.

مضت الجمعة بما فيها

Friday has passed with what was in it.

فبات بجمع ثم آب إلى منى

He stayed overnight at Muzdalifah then returned to Mina.

بعثني رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، في الثقل من جمع بليل

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent me with the heavy baggage from Muzdalifah at night.

سميت بذلك لأن آدم وحواء لما هبطا اجتمعا بها

It was named thus because when Adam and Eve descended, they met there.

استجمع السيل واستجمعت للمرء أموره

The flood gathered, and a person's affairs became consolidated.

استجمع كل مجمع

Gather all that can be gathered.

استجمع الفرس جريا: تكمش له

The horse gathered itself for a run: it tensed itself.

الجمعاء: الناقة الكافة الهرمة

Al-jam'a': the old and weak she-camel.

أقمت عنده قيظة جمعاء وليلة جمعاء

I stayed with him for an entire summer and an entire night.

والجامعة: الغل لأنها تجمع اليدين إلى العنق

And al-jami'a: the shackle because it binds the hands to the neck.

وأجمع الناقة وبها: صر أخلافها جمع

And he made the she-camel and its udder gather: its teats became firm.

وجمعت الدجاجة تجميعا إذا جمعت بيضها في بطنها

And the hen gathered her eggs, تجميعا, when she collected her eggs in her belly.

وأرض مجمعة: جدب لا تفرق فيها الركاب لرعي

And a land that is gathered: barren, where travelers do not separate for grazing.

والجامع: البطن، يمانية

And al-jami': the belly, a Yamanite term.

والجمع: الدقل

And al-jam': the date palm.

ما أكثر الجمع في أرض بني فلان لنخل خرج من النوى لا يعرف اسمه

How numerous are the date palms in the land of so-and-so, for date trees that grow from the pits whose names are unknown.

بع الجمع بالدراهم وابتع بالدراهم جنيبا

Sell the mixed dates for dirhams and buy fine dates for dirhams.

كل لون من النخل لا يعرف اسمه فهو جمع

Every type of date palm whose name is unknown is called jam'.

كما تنتج البهيمة بهيمة جمعاء أي سليمة من العيوب مجتمعة الأعضاء كاملتها

As an animal gives birth to a complete animal, meaning sound from defects, with complete limbs.

وأجمعت الشيء: جعلته جميعا

And I made the thing complete: I made it all together.

جاؤوا جميعا كلهم

They all came, every one of them.

أعجبني القصر أجمع

The palace impressed me, all of it.

لك هذا المال أجمع ولك هذه الحنطة جمعاء

All this money is yours, and all this wheat is yours.