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جُمْجُمَةٌ

Root: جم

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جُمْجُمَةٌ The skull; i. e. the bone that contains the brain: or i. q. قِحْفٌ [i. e. the bone above the brain, or a separate portion of the skull, or a distinct bone of the skull]: or the bones of the head; all of them; the uppermost of them being the هَامَة; or the هامة is the جمجمة altogether; and the قحف is said to be a piece of the جمجمة: pl. جُمْجُمٌ , [or this (in the CK, erroneously, جَمْجَمٌ) is a coll. gen. n.,] and جَمَاجِمُ [is the pl. properly so called, and that which is more commonly known].
2 Sometimes it is used to signify A man; so that one says, خُذُوا مِنْ كُلِّ جُمْجُمَةٍ دِرْهَمًا [Take ye from every man, or head, a dirhem]; like as one says, مِنْ كُلِّ رَأْسٍ: and وَضَعَ الإِمَامُ الخَرَاجَ عَلَى الجَمَاجِمِ عَلَى كُلِّ جُمْجُمَةٍ كَذَا [The Imám imposed the tax, or land-tax, upon the heads; upon every head so much].
3 A wooden bowl: a bowl of glass; as also قِحْفٌ.
4 A kind of measure for corn or the like.
5 Also Chiefs, or lords, of the Arabs; because the جمجمة is the head, which is the most noble of the members: also, [the pl.] جَمَاجِمُ has this meaning. And Any sons of a father that are persons of might, or power, and eminence, or nobility: and [the pl.] جَمَاجِمُ the tribes (قَبَائِل) of the Arabs which comprise بُطُون, and in relation to which persons are called; as Kelb Ibn-Webreh; for when you say كَلْبِىٌّ, you do not need to call the person in relation to any of the بطون: or the tribes (قبائل) in relation to which the بطون are called; as also جِمَامٌ .

def.2 A well that is dug in salt ground.

def.3 Sixty head of camels.

def.4 جَمَاجِمُ الحَارِثِ The piece of wood at the head of which is the ploughshare.


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