جَمَاعَةgroup in Arabic

Example sentences

• فقد رأينا جماعة يسيرة على نحو ذلك،

  Indeed, we saw a small group acting in this way.

  جَمَاعَةً — a group. This is the object of 'we saw', in the accusative — 'a group / band'. The accusative marks it as the thing seen. The adjective that follows will describe it.

  From: Intention in Islam →

• فقد ذكر فيه أسماء جماعة ثم لم ينقل عنهم شيئًا من ذلك،

  Yet it mentioned the names of a group, then reported nothing of that from them.

  جَمَاعَةٍ — of a group. An indefinite noun, 'a group', the owned half of 'names of a group', in the owned-by ending. The pairing sets the two nouns side by side to mean 'names of...', with this as whose names they are.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• يُؤْمَرُ بِفِئَامٍ أَيْ جَمَاعَاتٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ،

  A group of people will be ordered on the Day of Resurrection to go to Paradise,

  جَمَاعَاتٍ — groups. A plural noun, 'gatherings / crowds', restating the rare earlier word in everyday terms. The plural is carried by its ending, and it sits in apposition as the gloss the 'that is' announced.

  From: Turned Away at the Gate →