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ج ن م

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of a group or entirety of something. It is suggested that a word derived from this root might be a modification of another word meaning 'group' or 'mass'. The primary usage discussed is taking something in its entirety.

Derived headwords

الجَنَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group, collectionclassical

    A group or collection of things. It is suggested this word might be a phonetic alteration of 'جلمة' (jalamah), meaning a mass or group.

جَنَمَتَهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its entirety, its wholeboth

    The entirety or the whole of something. This is used in the phrase 'to take it by its entirety'.

أخذه بجنمته — taking it by its entirety

Parallel reading

بالفتح، أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو جماعة الشيء
with a fatha, Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn Al-A'rabi said: it is the group of a thing.
أصله الجلمة فقلبت اللام نونا
its origin is 'jalamah' and the 'lam' was changed to a 'nun'.
ويحرك فيهما
and they are vocalized with a harakah in both of them.