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جَماعَة
group /d͡ʒaˈmaːʕa/
nounB1#1414 most common
Also: community, gathering, congregation
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ جَماعَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
This is a big group.
ذَهَبَتِ الجَماعَةُ إِلى الحَديقَةِ مَعاً.
The group went to the park together.
صَلّى الرِّجالُ صَلاةَ الجَماعَةِ في المَسجِد.
The men prayed the congregational prayer in the mosque.
تُدافِعُ هٰذِهِ الجَماعَةُ عَن حُقوقِ العُمّالِ مُنذُ سَنَوات.
This group has defended workers' rights for years.
انقَسَمَتِ الجَماعَةُ إِلى فِئَتَينِ بَعدَ خِلافٍ حادٍّ حَولَ القِيادَة.
The group split into two factions after a sharp dispute over leadership.
لا تَستَمِدُّ الجَماعَةُ شَرعِيَّتَها مِن عَدَدِ أَفرادِها، بَل مِن تَماسُكِ مَبادِئِها.
A group draws its legitimacy from the cohesion of its principles, not from the number of its members.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَماعَةٌ | جَماعاتٌ |
| Genitive | جَماعَةٍ | جَماعاتٍ |
| Accusative | جَماعَةً | جَماعاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا جَماعَةُ | يا جَماعاتُ |
Word family
جَمَعَto gather, collect
جامِعَةuniversity; leagueمَجموعَةgroup, collection
مُجتَمَعsociety
جُمُعَةFriday
Etymology
The word comes from the triconsonantal Arabic root ج-م-ع (j-m-ʿ), meaning to gather or collect. It is built on the pattern faʿāla, which often forms nouns for a collective body. The same root gives the verb jamaʿa, to gather, and many words for assembly and union.
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