جمع

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See also: ج م ع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Compare Harsusi (egtōma), Mehri عَتمَأ (gatmaʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ma.ʕa/
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Verb

جَمَعَ (jamaʕa) I, non-past يَجْمَعُ‎ (yajmaʕu)

  1. (transitive) to gather, assemble, keep together, to collect
    • 2017 December 28, “التايمز تكشف عن مخبأ الآلاف من إرهابيي داعش الأجانب”, in The Baghdad Post:
      ويشار بحسب المجلة، بان اعداد إرهابيي داعش الأجانب ما زال كبيرا جدا على الرغم من التقديرات التي ترجح مقتل الآلاف منهم، حيث تظهر البيانات المجموعة من 33 دولة لها مواطنين يقاتلون مع عصابات داعش الإرهابية، ان ما يزيد عن 6000 منهم قد تمكنوا من العودة الى بلدانهم، فيما تصل اعداد الغائبين إلى الآلاف المضاعفة.
      It is shown by the magazine that the number of foreign ISIS terrorists has not ceased to be very large in spite of assessments that affirm the death of thousands of them as likely, whereas the data gathered from 33 states to which citizens fighting for terrorist ISIS groups belong reveals that more than 6000 of them have had the opportunity of returning to their homelands, while the number of absentees has reached several thousands.
  2. (transitive) to unite, to reconcile
  3. to collect oneself, to recollect
  4. (construed with بِ (bi)) to lie with
  5. to add
  6. (grammar) to form the plural
  7. to contain
  8. to be full-grown
  9. to have two or more negative attributes at the same time; to have a negative attribute on top of another negative attribute
    جَمَعَ بَيْنَ اﳉَﻬْﻞ وَﺳُﻮء اﳋُﻠُﻖNot only was he ignorant but also ill-mannered
Conjugation
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Intensive of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جَمَّعَ (jammaʕa) II, non-past يُجَمِّعُ‎ (yujammiʕu)

  1. (transitive) to assemble
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

جَمْع (jamʕm (plural جُمُوع (jumūʕ))

  1. verbal noun of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa) (form I)
  2. gathering, collecting
    جَمْعُ المَالjamʕu l-mālraising money; collecting money
  3. crowd, throng, mass, legion
    جَمْعٌ مِنَ النَاسjamʕun mina n-nāsa gathering of people
  4. (military) a military force
  5. (grammar) plural, a form of a noun denoting multiples by its sense
    Antonym: مُفْرَد (mufrad)
    جَمْع رُوح أَرْوَاحjamʕ rūḥ ʔarwāḥthe plural of "rūḥ" is "arwāḥ"
  6. (arithmetic) addition
    Antonym: طَرْح (ṭarḥ)
    الجَمْع وَالطَرْحaddition and subtraction
  7. lumping together, putting subjects in the same category
    Antonym: تَفْرِيق (tafrīq)
  8. (Islam) a proposition in which a general and a particular subject are included in one category or judgement through a common attribute
  9. (logic) distribution of a term
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: cəm
  • Malay: jamak
    • Indonesian: jamak (plural)
  • Persian: جمع
  • Ottoman Turkish: جمع (cem')
    • Turkish: cem
  • Spanish: aljama
  • Turkmen: cem
  • Uzbek: jam

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

Noun

جمع (cem')

  1. (grammar) plural
  2. addition
  3. collection

Persian

Dari جمع
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷамъ
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jam'
Dari reading? jam'
Iranian reading? jam'
Tajik reading? jamʾ

Noun

جمع (jam')

  1. crowd
  2. (arithmetic) addition
  3. (grammar) plural

Related terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج م ع
7 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic جَمَعَ (jamaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جمع (jamaʕ) I (present بجمع (bijmaʕ))

  1. to gather, to collect, to bring together
    Synonym: جمّع (jammaʕ)
  2. (mathematics) to add
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جمع (jamaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جمعت (jamaʕt) جمعت (jamaʕt) جمع (jamaʕ) جمعنا (jamaʕna) جمعتو (jamaʕtu) جمعو (jamaʕu)
f جمعتي (jamaʕti) جمعت (jamʕat)
present m بجمع (bajmaʕ) بتجمع (btijmaʕ) بجمع (bijmaʕ) منجمع (mnijmaʕ) بتجمعو (btijmaʕu) بجمعو (bijmaʕu)
f بتجمعي (btijmaʕi) بتجمع (btijmaʕ)
subjunctive m أجمع (ʔajmaʕ) تجمع (tijmaʕ) يجمع (yijmaʕ) نجمع (nijmaʕ) تجمعو (tijmaʕu) يجمعو (yijmaʕu)
f تجمعي (tijmaʕi) تجمع (tijmaʕ)
imperative m اجمع (ijmaʕ) اجمعو (ijmaʕu)
f اجمعي (ijmaʕi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَمَّعَ (jammaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

جمّع (jamaʕ) II (present بجمّع (bijammeʕ))

  1. to gather, to collect, to bring together
    Synonym: جمع (jamaʕ)
  2. to assemble
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جمّع (jammaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جمّعت (jammaʕt) جمّعت (jammaʕt) جمّع (jammaʕ) جمّعنا (jammaʕna) جمّعتو (jammaʕtu) جمّعو (jammaʕu)
f جمّعتي (jammaʕti) جمّعت (jammaʕat)
present m بجمّع (bajammeʕ) بتجمّع (bitjammeʕ) بجمّع (bijammeʕ) منجمّع (minjammeʕ) بتجمّعو (bitjammʕu) بجمّعو (bijammʕu)
f بتجمّعي (bitjammʕi) بتجمّع (bitjammeʕ)
subjunctive m اجمّع (ajammeʕ) تجمّع (tjammeʕ) يجمّع (yjammeʕ) نجمّع (njammeʕ) تجمّعو (tjammʕu) يجمّعو (yjammʕu)
f تجمّعي (tjammʕi) تجمّع (tjammeʕ)
imperative m جمّع (jammeʕ) جمّعو (jammʕu)
f جمّعي (jammʕi)

Etymology 3

From Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

جمع (jamʕm

  1. plural