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الجماء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something being prominent, protruding, or gathered. It encompasses physical attributes like size, lumps, and swellings, as well as abstract notions of essence, movement, and assembly.

Derived headwords

الجَمَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Essence, substanceclassical

    The core or essential part of a thing.

  2. 2.
    Size, volumemodern

    The magnitude or extent of something.

  3. 3.
    Prominence, protrusionmodern

    A part that sticks out or is elevated.

  4. 4.
    Lump, swellingmodern

    A raised or swollen area on the body, particularly the breast.

  5. 5.
    Prominent stoneclassical

    A stone that juts out from the surface of the earth.

  6. 6.
    Back, surfaceclassical

    The upper or outer surface of something.

الجَمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Movement, gatheringclassical

    The motion or assembly of a fetus or other entity.

  2. 2.
    Protrusion, swellingmodern

    A bulge or swelling on the body.

تَجَمَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To gather, assemblemodern

    A group of people coming together or gathering towards each other.

Parallel reading

الشخص من الشيء
The essence of a thing
وحجمه
and its size
وبالقصر ويضم: نتوء
and with shortening and damma: a protrusion
وورم في الثدي
and a swelling in the breast
والحجر الناتئ على وجه الأرض
and the stone protruding from the face of the earth
ومقدار الشيء
and the measure of a thing
وظهر كل شيء
and the surface of everything
و من الجنين وغيره: حركته
and from a fetus and other: its movement
واجتماعه
and its gathering
و ورم في البدن
and a swelling in the body
ويضم في الكل
and with damma in all of them
وتجمى القوم: اجتمع بعضهم إلى بعض
And the people gathered: some of them came together to others