Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِسْتَجْمَعَ

Root: جمع

Form: 10

Full Definition

إِسْتَجْمَعَX استجمع كُلَّ [He desired, or demanded, the collecting together of every body of soldiers; or he summoned together every body of soldiers]: said of him who demands, or summons, armies, or military forces. [But this usage of the verb is perhaps post-classical: for Mtr says,] With respect to the saying of ElAbeewardee, شَآمِيَّةٌ تَسْتَجْمِعُ الشَّوْلَ حَرْجَفُ [A north wind, cold and vehement, inviting to collect themselves together the she-camels whose milk has dried up, they having passed seven or eight months since bringing forth, or since pregnancy], it seems that he has compared this verb with the generality of others of the same class, [and so derived the meaning in which he has here used it,] or that he heard it [in that sense] from the people of the cities, or towns, or villages, and cultivated lands.

def.2 استجمع used intransitively is syn. with اجتمع, which see in two places, and تجمّع.
2 استجمع السَّيْلُ The torrent collected itself together from every place.
3 استجمع الوَادِى The valley flowed in every place thereof. [See also 4, last signification.]
4 اِسْتَجْمَعَتْ لَهُ أُمُورُهُ His affairs, or circumstances, all combined in a manner pleasing to him.
5 استجمع الفَرَسُ جَرْيًا The horse exerted all his force, or energy, in running: the last word is here in the accus. case as a specificative. You say also, اِسْتَجْمَعُوا لَهُمْ, meaning They exerted [all] their strength, force, or energy, for fighting them: and hence, إِنَّ النَّاسِ قَدْ لَكُمْ [app. meaning Verily the men, or people, have exerted all their strength for fighting you].
6 استجمع القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, all went away, not one of them remaining; like as one says of a valley flowing in every place thereof.
7 استجمع البَقْلُ The herbs, or leguminous plants, all dried up.


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