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مَجْمَع

complex (a gathering place, e.g. mall, academy, or center) /ˈmadʒ.mɑʕ/

nounB2#3724 most common

Also: center, academy/council, assembly hall

Example sentences

هذا مجمع تجاري كبير.
This is a big shopping complex.
نذهب إلى المجمع كل يوم جمعة.
We go to the mall every Friday.
توجد مجامع تجارية كثيرة في هذه المدينة.
There are many shopping complexes in this city.
أُسِّس مجمع اللغة العربية في القاهرة عام ١٩٣٢.
The Arabic Language Academy was founded in Cairo in 1932.
يشرف مجمع الملك فهد على طباعة نسخ المصحف الشريف.
The King Fahd Complex oversees the printing of copies of the noble Quran.
عقد مجمع الفقه الإسلامي الدولي مؤتمره السنوي لمناقشة قضايا معاصرة في الشريعة.
The International Islamic Fiqh Academy held its annual conference to discuss contemporary issues in Islamic law.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمَجْمَعٌمَجَامِعُ
Genitiveمَجْمَعٍمَجَامِعَ
Accusativeمَجْمَعًامَجَامِعَ
Vocativeيَا مَجْمَعُيَا مَجَامِعُ

Word family

جَمَعَto gather, collect
جَمَاعَةgroup, congregation
جَامِعَةuniversity
اِجْتِمَاعmeeting
مُجْتَمَعsociety, community

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root ج-م-ع (j-m-ʕ), meaning to gather or collect. It takes the pattern مَفْعَل (maf'al), which marks a noun of place. So مجمع literally means a place where things or people come together, which is why it covers everything from a shopping mall to a scholarly academy.

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