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جِمَاعٌ

Root: جمع

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جِمَاعٌ : see جَمْعٌ as signifying “ a plural, ” in three places. [The primary signification seems to be the last there mentioned; where it is said,] الجِمَاعُ is What comprises a number [of things]: one says, الخَمْرُ جِمَاعُ الإِثْمِ [i. e. Wine is what comprises a number of sins: or] that in which sin is comprised, and known to be: the saying is a trad.: or جِمَاعُ الإِثْمِ signifies the plurality (جَمْع) of sins. Hence also the saying of El-Hasan El-Basree, اِتَّقُوا هٰذِهِ الأَهْوَآءَ فَإِنَّ جِمَاعَهَا الضَّلَالَةُ وَمَعَادَهَا النَّارُ [Beware ye of these natural desires; for what they involve is error, and the place to which they lead is the fire of Hell]. (TA: in the L, وميعادها.) And it is said in a trad., حَدِّثْنِى بِكَلِمَةٍ تَكُونُ جِمَاعًا i. e. Tell me a saying comprising [virtually] a plurality of sayings. [See a similar phrase below, voce جَامِعٌ.]
2 [Hence also,] بُرْمَةٌ جِمَاعٌ A stonecooking-pot of the largest size: or قِدْرٌ جِمَاعٌ, and جَامِعَةٌ , a cooking-pot that comprises a slaughtered camel; or, accord. to the A, that comprises a sheep or goat: or a great cooking-pot; as also جَامِعٌ : pl. [most probably of this last] جُمْعٌ [like as بُزْلٌ is pl. of بَازِلٌ, &c.].
3 You say also, فُلَانٌ جِمَاعٌ لِبَنِى فُلَانٍ Such a one is an object of resort for his counsel and authority to the sons of such a one.

def.2 [See also 3.]


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