جمعية

Arabic

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒam.ʕij.ja/

Noun

جَمْعِيَّة • (jamʕiyya) f (plural جَمْعِيَّات (jamʕiyyāt))

1. (countable) association; club; society; assembly

   الْجَمْعِيَّةُ الْعَامَّةُ لِلْأُمَمِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِ ― al-jamʕiyyatu l-ʕāmmatu lilʔumami l-muttaḥidati ― United Nations General Assembly (literally, “the General Assembly of the Organisation of the United Nations”)

2. (countable) publicly funded and operated supermarkets

Declension

Declension of noun جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَمْعِيَّة jamʕiyya	الْجَمْعِيَّة al-jamʕiyya	جَمْعِيَّة jamʕiyyat
Nominative	جَمْعِيَّةٌ jamʕiyyatun	الْجَمْعِيَّةُ al-jamʕiyyatu	جَمْعِيَّةُ jamʕiyyatu
Accusative	جَمْعِيَّةً jamʕiyyatan	الْجَمْعِيَّةَ al-jamʕiyyata	جَمْعِيَّةَ jamʕiyyata
Genitive	جَمْعِيَّةٍ jamʕiyyatin	الْجَمْعِيَّةِ al-jamʕiyyati	جَمْعِيَّةِ jamʕiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَمْعِيَّتَيْن jamʕiyyatayn	الْجَمْعِيَّتَيْن al-jamʕiyyatayn	جَمْعِيَّتَيْ jamʕiyyatay
Nominative	جَمْعِيَّتَانِ jamʕiyyatāni	الْجَمْعِيَّتَانِ al-jamʕiyyatāni	جَمْعِيَّتَا jamʕiyyatā
Accusative	جَمْعِيَّتَيْنِ jamʕiyyatayni	الْجَمْعِيَّتَيْنِ al-jamʕiyyatayni	جَمْعِيَّتَيْ jamʕiyyatay
Genitive	جَمْعِيَّتَيْنِ jamʕiyyatayni	الْجَمْعِيَّتَيْنِ al-jamʕiyyatayni	جَمْعِيَّتَيْ jamʕiyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَمْعِيَّات jamʕiyyāt	الْجَمْعِيَّات al-jamʕiyyāt	جَمْعِيَّات jamʕiyyāt
Nominative	جَمْعِيَّاتٌ jamʕiyyātun	الْجَمْعِيَّاتُ al-jamʕiyyātu	جَمْعِيَّاتُ jamʕiyyātu
Accusative	جَمْعِيَّاتٍ jamʕiyyātin	الْجَمْعِيَّاتِ al-jamʕiyyāti	جَمْعِيَّاتِ jamʕiyyāti
Genitive	جَمْعِيَّاتٍ jamʕiyyātin	الْجَمْعِيَّاتِ al-jamʕiyyāti	جَمْعِيَّاتِ jamʕiyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cəmiyyət
• → Persian: جمعیت
• → Ottoman Turkish: جمعیت (cemʼiyet)
  • Turkish: cemiyet
  • → Crimean Tatar: cemiyet
• → Tatar: җәмгыять (cämgıyat’)
• → Turkmen: jemgyýet
• → Uyghur: جەمئىيەت (jem'iyet)
• → Uzbek: jamiyat

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From publicly funded and operated supermarkets in Kuwait referred to officially and colloquially by that name. From Arabic جَمْعِيّة (jamʕiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəm.ˈʕiː.jə/

Noun

جمعية • (jamʿīya) f (construct state جمعية (jamʿiyat), plural جمعيات (jamʿīyāt))

1. supermarket, grocery store

See also

• بقالة (baqqāla, “convenience store”)