Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb جمع and explore some of its derivatives.
* جَمَعَ [V. T.] = to collect / to unite / to pile up / to add;
e.g.. – جمع الفلاح البرتقال = The farmer collected / piled up the oranges.
- جمع الله القلوب = Allah united the hearts.
- جمع الطالب الأعداد = The student added the numbers.
* جَمْعُ [N. C.] = (1) crowd of people; pl. جُمُوع
(2) The act of adding or collecting or piling
* يومُ الجَمع [N.] = doomsday / judgment day
* مَجمُوع [N. C.] = total; pl. مَجَامِيع
* مَجمُوعَة [N. C.] = a group; pl. مَجمُوعَات
* جَمَاعَة [N. C.] = a big number or a group of people; pl. جَمَاعَات
* جَامِع [N. C.] = (1) mosque; pl. جَوامِع
(2) a person who collects / collector; pl. جامعون / جامعين
* جَامِعَة [N. C.] = university; pl. جامعات
* جَمعية [N. C.] = committee / association / organization; pl. جمعيات
* جَمَّعَ [V. T.] = to collect or gather together;
e.g. – جَمَّعَ الآذان الناسَ للصلاة = The call gathered the people for prayer.
* أَجْمَعَ [ph.v. + على ] = to agree on doing something;
e.g. – أجمعَ القوم على الإضراب = The people agreed on the strike.
= (2) to be determined to do something;
e.g. – أجمعَ محمد على السفر = He was determined to travel.
* إِجْمَاعٌ [N. U.] = (whole) agreement on something;
e.g. – هناك إجماعٌ على موعد الانتخابات = There is an agreement on the elections date.
* جَمِيع [N.] = All / the whole ( Confirmation noun);
e.g. جميع الطلاب حضروا = All the students attended.
- عملتُ الواجبَ جميعَهُ = I did all the homework.
* أجمَعْ [N./ M.] = whole / all (It is a noun of confirmation) The plural is أجمعون / أجمعين ;
e.g. - العالمُ أجمعْ = The whole world.
- أخذتُ حقي أجمع = I got all my share.
- جاء الضيوف أجمعون = All the guests came.
* جَمْعَاء [N. F.] = whole / all ( it is a noun of confirmation);
e.g.- المدرسة جَمعاء = The whole school.
* اِجْـتـَمَعَ [V. I.] = to gather together / to have a meeting;
e.g. – اجتمع القوم بعد الحريق = The people gathered together after the fire.
– اجتمع المدير بالموظفين = The manager had a meeting with the employees.
* اِجْتِمَاع [N. C.] = gathering / meeting; pl. اجتماعات
* الاجتماع [N. U.] = social science = علم الاجتماع
* مُجْتَمَع [N.C.] = society / community; pl. مجتمعات
e.g. – يخدم العلماءُ المجتمعَ = Scientists serve the society.
* تَجَمَّعَ [V. I.] = to gather / or / come from different directions;
e.g. تَجَمَّعَ الماء = water gathered.
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