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جمهر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of gathering, collecting, or accumulating. It extends to describe a large crowd of people, a mound of earth formed by accumulation, and the act of consolidating information.

Derived headwords

جُمْهُورnoun
  1. 1.
    most of themboth

    most of them

جمهرverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, to collectboth

    To bring together or accumulate something, such as earth or people.

  2. 2.
    to inform partiallyclassical

    To inform someone of a part of a story while withholding the main point.

جمهرةnoun
  1. 1.
    they gathered, meaning truly, the dust upon it, and do not plaster itboth

    they gathered, meaning truly, the dust upon it, and do not plaster it

Parallel reading

الجمهور: الرملة المشرفة على ما حولها، وهى المجتمعة.
Al-jumhūr: The mound of sand overlooking its surroundings, which is gathered.
فَقَالَ: " جمهروا قبره جمهرة "، أي اجمعوا عليه التراب، ولا تطينوه.
And he said: 'Jamhirū his grave jamharah,' meaning pile the earth upon it, and do not plaster it.
أي اجمعوا عليه التراب، ولا تطينوه.
Meaning pile the earth upon it, and do not plaster it.
والجمهور (1) من الناس: جلهم.
And al-jumhūr of people: their majority.
جمهرت عليه الخبر، إذا أخبرته بطرف وكتمت الذى تريد.
I jamhartu the news to him, if I informed him of a part and concealed what I intended.