جُمْعَةٌ
Root: جمع
Full Definition
2 Hence, يَوْمُ الجُمْعَةِ, the original form, of the dial. of 'Okeyl; and يَوْمُ الجُمُعَةِ, the most chaste form, of the dial. of El-Hijáz; and يَوْمُ الجُمَعَةِ, of the dial. of Benoo-Temeem; and, in consequence of frequency of usage, الجُمَعَةُ alone; A well-known day; [the day of the congregation; i. e. Friday;] formerly called the day of العَرُوبَة: called يوم الجمعة because of the congregating of the people thereon: Th asserts that the first who named it thus was Kaab Ibn-Lu-eí; and he is related to have said that it was thus called because Kureysh used to gather themselves together to Kuseí, [on that day,] in [the building called] دَارُ النَّدْوَةِ: accord. to the R, Kaab Ibn-Lu-eí was the first who collected a congregation on the day of العروبة, which was not called الجمعة save since the coming of El-Islám; [or it was not generally thus called before El-Islám; for it is added,] and he was the first who named it الجمعة; for Kureysh used to congregate to him on this day, and he used to preach to them, and to put them in mind of the mission of the apostle of God, informing them that he should be of his descendants, and bidding them to follow him and to believe in him: or, as some say, it was thus called in the time of El-Islám because of their congregating [thereon] in the mosque: accord. to a trad., the Ansár named it thus, because of their congregating thereon: or it was thus named because God collected thereon the materials of which Adam was created: those who say الجُمَعَةُ regard it as an epithet, meaning that this day collects men much; comparing it to هُمَزَةٌ and لُمَزَةٌ and ضُحَكَةٌ: the pl. is جُمَعٌ and جُمْعَاتٌ and جُمُعَاتٌ and جُمَعَاتٌ; of which the last is pl. of جُمَعَةٌ, [as well as of جُمْعَةٌ, accord. to analogy,] but not so جُمَعٌ [nor either of the other pls. mentioned above].
3 In like manner you say صَلَاةٌ الجُمْعَةِ [The prayer of Friday], and, in consequence of the frequency of usage, الجُمْعَةُ alone.
4 الجُمْعَةُ, with the م quiescent, is also a name for [The week; i. e.] the days of the week [collectively]; of which the Arabs are said, by IAar, to have reckoned the Sabbath (السَّبْت [i. e. Saturday]) as the first, though they called Sunday the first of the days.
5 جُمْعَةٌ is also syn. with مَجْمُوعَةٌ [meaning Things collected together; or a collection of things]; as in the phrase جُمْعَةٌ مِنْ حَصًى [a collection of pebbles].
6 You say also جُمْعَةٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ, meaning A handful of dates.
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