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جمء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of gathering, assembling, and coming together. It also extends to meanings of anger and the physical act of covering or burying.

Derived headwords

جَمِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryclassical

    To experience anger or wrath.

تَجَمَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather oneselfmodern

    To collect oneself, to gather one's thoughts or physical being.

وتجمأ في ثيابه — and he gathered himself into his clothes
تَجَمَّأَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to cover overclassical

    To cover something or someone, to conceal or bury them.

وعليه: أخذه فواراه — and upon him: he took it and covered it up
تَجَمَّأَ القَوْمُverb
  1. 1.
    people gatheredmodern

    The people assembled or came together.

والقوم: اجتمعوا — and the people: they gathered
الجَمْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    personclassical

    A person, an individual.

الجَمَّاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    personclassical

    A person, an individual.

أَجْمَأُadjective
  1. 1.
    horse with a blazeclassical

    A horse that has a white marking on its forehead (a blaze).

مُجَمَّأٌadjective
  1. 1.
    horse with a blazeclassical

    A horse that has a white marking on its forehead (a blaze).

الإِجْمَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    blaze on a horseclassical

    The white marking on the forehead of a horse.

Parallel reading

جمئ عليه، كفرح: غضب.
He was angry with him, like 'faraha': he was enraged.
وتجمأ في ثيابه: تجمع،
And he gathered himself into his clothes: he collected himself,
وعليه: أخذه فواراه،
And upon him: he took it and covered it up,
والقوم: اجتمعوا.
And the people: they gathered.
والجمأ والجماء: الشخص.
And al-Jam' and al-Jamma': the person.
وفرس أجمأ ومجمأ: أسيلة الغرة،
And a horse ajma' and mujamma': having a long blaze on its forehead,
والاسم: الإجماء.
And the noun: al-Ijma'.