اجْتَمَعَ gather in Arabic
اجْتَمَعَ is how you say “gather” in Arabic.
Root ج م ع j-m-ʿ. verb (form VIII). ijtamaʿa.
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Meaning of gather in Arabic
- to gather, come together, assemble intransitive: people or things end up collected in one place
- to meet, convene used of people coming together, e.g. for a purpose or occasion
Example sentence
فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا اسْتَقَامَتْ
But when both are together, it becomes upright.
اجْتَمَعَا both are together
Past-tense verb 'ijtama'a' = 'they came together'; the final '-a' marks the dual, 'the two of them'.
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How it is used
Form VIII of جمع, so it works as the intransitive counterpart of جَمَعَ 'to collect': instead of collecting something, the subject itself comes together with others — the standard verb for people gathering or meeting.
Words from the same root
- جَمَعَ to collect, gather, bring together
- جَمَاعَةٌ a group, party, gathering of people
- جَمِيعٌ all, altogether, entire
- جُمْعَةٌ Friday, the day of congregation
- جَامِعٌ comprehensive; congregational mosque
More example sentences
ثمَّ اجْتمع رَأْيهمْ على الْقَتْل
Then they agreed upon murder.
اجْتَمَعَ they agreed
A past-tense reflexive-shape (form VIII) verb 'came together / converged', its subject coming next. The form gives 'gathered as one'; here their counsel converged.
وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ، وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ؛
No people gather in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves;
اجْتَمَعَ he gathered
A Form VIII verb, 'come together, assemble', its subject 'people' coming after. The verb stays singular because its subject is a collective noun taken as one group, a regular agreement.
والقناطير المقنطرة وما اجتمعت إلا بأوزار،
And the heaped-up treasures that are accumulated only through burdens,
اجْتَمَعَتْ they were gathered
A past-tense verb on a reflexive pattern meaning 'came together / were amassed', with its feminine subject agreement matching the treasures. Caught in the 'not... except' frame, the verb is what the restriction bears on, telling you the gathering only ever happened in one way.
Common questions
- How do you say "gather" in Arabic?
- اجتمع (ijtamaʿa) — used for people or things coming together in one place.
- What root does اجتمع come from?
- It comes from the root ج م ع (j-m-ʿ), whose core sense is to collect or bring together.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).