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جَمِيع
all (of); everyone; the whole /d͡ʒaˈmiːʕ/
nounA1#97 most common
Also: everyone, the entirety, all together
Example sentences
جَاءَ الجَمِيعُ.
Everyone came.
أَعْرِفُ جَمِيعَ الطُّلَّابِ.
I know all the students.
شَارَكَ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادِ العَائِلَةِ فِي الرِّحْلَةِ.
All the family members took part in the trip.
يَجِبُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ المُوَاطِنِينَ احْتِرَامُ القَانُونِ.
All citizens must respect the law.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الصُّعُوبَاتِ، نَجَحَ جَمِيعُ المُشَارِكِينَ فِي إِنْهَاءِ المُهِمَّةِ.
Despite the difficulties, all the participants managed to finish the task.
تَتَطَلَّبُ هَذِهِ القَضِيَّةُ تَضَافُرَ جُهُودِ الجَمِيعِ دُونَ اسْتِثْنَاءٍ لِتَحْقِيقِ حَلٍّ عَادِلٍ.
This issue requires the combined efforts of everyone without exception to reach a just solution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَمِيعٌ / الجَمِيعُ | — |
| Genitive | جَمِيعٍ / الجَمِيعِ | — |
| Accusative | جَمِيعًا / الجَمِيعَ | — |
| Vocative | يَا جَمِيعُ | — |
Word family
جَمَعَto gather, collect
جَمْعcollection; pluralجَمَاعَةgroup, community
مَجْمُوعtotal, sumجَامِعmosque; gatherer
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ج م ع (j-m-ʿ), which means to gather, collect, or bring together. It follows the faʿīl pattern, so the literal sense is something gathered into one mass. From there it came to mean the whole of a thing, hence all or everyone.
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