مَجْمَعٌ
Root: جمع
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مَجْمَعٌ
and مَجْمِعٌ, the latter anomalous, like مَشْرِقٌ and مَغْرِبٌ &c., A place of collecting, and the like: [pl. مَجَامِعُ] [Hence,] مَجْمَعُ البَحْرَيْنِ, in the Kur [xviii. 59], means The place where the two seas meet. And in like manner, where it is said in a trad., فضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ مَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ عُنُقِى
وَكَتِفِى, [in which مَا seems to have been dropped by the copyist between مجمع and بين,] the meaning is, [And he struck with his hand] the place where my neck and my shoulder-blade meet. [Hence also the phrase مَجَامِعُ المَحَامِدِ, explained above: see جَامِعٌ, near the end of the paragraph. And مَجَامِعُ الأُمُورِ, meaning The concurrences of affairs, or of circumstances, or of events.]
2 A place in which people collect, assemble, or congregate: and [in like manner,] مَجْمَعَةٌ signifies an assembly-room; a sitting room in which people assemble: [pl. of both مَجَامِعُ.] You say, هٰذَا الكَلَامُ أَوْلَجُ فِى المَسَامِعِ وَأَجْوَلُ فِى المَجَامِعِ [This language, or discourse, is more, or most, penetrating into the ears, and more, or most, circulating in the places of assembly].
3 See also جَمْعٌ, as syn. with جَمَاعَةٌ, in two places; and see 10, first sentence.
4 [The whole of anything, considered as the place in which the several parts thereof are collected: see an instance voce خُفٌّ: and see also مُجْتَمَعٌ.]
2 A place in which people collect, assemble, or congregate: and [in like manner,] مَجْمَعَةٌ signifies an assembly-room; a sitting room in which people assemble: [pl. of both مَجَامِعُ.] You say, هٰذَا الكَلَامُ أَوْلَجُ فِى المَسَامِعِ وَأَجْوَلُ فِى المَجَامِعِ [This language, or discourse, is more, or most, penetrating into the ears, and more, or most, circulating in the places of assembly].
3 See also جَمْعٌ, as syn. with جَمَاعَةٌ, in two places; and see 10, first sentence.
4 [The whole of anything, considered as the place in which the several parts thereof are collected: see an instance voce خُفٌّ: and see also مُجْتَمَعٌ.]
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