جُمَّةٌ
Root: جم
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جُمَّةٌ
: see جَمٌّ:
2 and see also جَمَّةٌ, in two places.
3 Also The collective mass of the hair of the head, or the head of hair, (مُجْتَمَعَ شَعْرِ الرَّأْسِ S, Mgh, K,) when more in quantity than what is termed وَفْرَة: or the collective mass of the hair (مُجْتَمَعُ الشَّعْرِ) when it hangs down from the head to the lobe of the ear, and to the two shoulder-joints, and more than that; what does not extend beyond the ears being termed وفرة: or the collective mass (مُجْتَمَعَ) of the hair of the نَاصِيَة [or anterior part of the head]: accord. to some, what reaches to the two shoulder-joints: in the M it is said to signify the hair; and in like manner in the Deewán el-Adab: but ISd adds that it is also said to mean hair more in quantity than that which is termed لِمَّة: accord. to IAth, the hair of the head that falls upon the two shoulder-joints: in the Muhedhdhib, what extends beyond the ears: in the Mukaddameh of Z, what extends to the lobe of the ear: accord. to IDrd, much hair: [see also لِمَّةٌ and وَفْرَةٌ:] pl. جُمَمٌ and جِمَامٌ: dim. جُمَيْمَةٌ . Hence, رَأَى لُمْعَةً فَغَسَلَهَا بِجُمَّتِهِ, meaning [He saw a spot, and washed it] by a moistening of his جمّة: or with the water of his جمّة: the prefixed noun being suppressed.
4 Also [app.
5 One says also, حَذَفَ جُمَّةُ الجَوْزَةِ ثُمَّ أَكَلَهَا
2 and see also جَمَّةٌ, in two places.
3 Also The collective mass of the hair of the head, or the head of hair, (مُجْتَمَعَ شَعْرِ الرَّأْسِ S, Mgh, K,) when more in quantity than what is termed وَفْرَة: or the collective mass of the hair (مُجْتَمَعُ الشَّعْرِ) when it hangs down from the head to the lobe of the ear, and to the two shoulder-joints, and more than that; what does not extend beyond the ears being termed وفرة: or the collective mass (مُجْتَمَعَ) of the hair of the نَاصِيَة [or anterior part of the head]: accord. to some, what reaches to the two shoulder-joints: in the M it is said to signify the hair; and in like manner in the Deewán el-Adab: but ISd adds that it is also said to mean hair more in quantity than that which is termed لِمَّة: accord. to IAth, the hair of the head that falls upon the two shoulder-joints: in the Muhedhdhib, what extends beyond the ears: in the Mukaddameh of Z, what extends to the lobe of the ear: accord. to IDrd, much hair: [see also لِمَّةٌ and وَفْرَةٌ:] pl. جُمَمٌ and جِمَامٌ: dim. جُمَيْمَةٌ . Hence, رَأَى لُمْعَةً فَغَسَلَهَا بِجُمَّتِهِ, meaning [He saw a spot, and washed it] by a moistening of his جمّة: or with the water of his جمّة: the prefixed noun being suppressed.
4 Also [app.
5 One says also, حَذَفَ جُمَّةُ الجَوْزَةِ ثُمَّ أَكَلَهَا
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