العام: لفظ يشمل جمعاً من الأفراد إما لفظاً، كـ «مسلمين» و«مشركين»، وإما معنى كـ «من» و«ما» و«قوم» و«رهط».
A general expression is wording that includes a collection of individuals, either through an overt plural form, such as “Muslims” or “polytheists,” or through its meaning, such as man, ma, qawm and raht.
The definition combines inclusion with a plurality of referents. An expression need not be visibly plural to operate generally: the grammatical shape and the breadth of its meaning are distinct considerations.