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عمل
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See also: ع م ل
Arabic
Etymology 1
The grammatical “government” meaning is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīs. Compare Hebrew עָמָל (`Amal, “work, deed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
عَمِلَ • (ʕamila) I (non-past يَعْمَلُ (yaʕmalu), verbal noun عَمَل (ʕamal))
- (intransitive) to work, perform
- هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.
- huwa yaʕmalu fī majāli t-taknūlūjiyā.
- He works in the field of technology.
- أَنَا أَعْمَلُ مُدَرِّسًا فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
- ʔanā ʔaʕmalu mudarrisan fī l-madrasati.
- I work as a teacher at the school.
- (transitive) to do (with deliberate thought)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:23:
- إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ
- ʔinna l-laha yudḵilu llaḏīna ʔāmanū waʕamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʔanhāru
- Allah will surely admit those who believe and do good into Gardens, under which rivers flow
- to practice, profess
- to produce an effect
- to be brisk, walk fast
- to exercise an influence
- (grammar, intransitive) to govern a case
- to take pains (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
- to work to an end
- to take care of
- to last without interruption
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
عَمَّلَ • (ʕammala) II (non-past يُعَمِّلُ (yuʕammilu), verbal noun تَعْمِيل (taʕmīl))
- to pay (someone) their fee or wages
- to make (someone) an administrator or governor
- to suppurate, grow cancerous
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
عَمَل • (ʕamal) m (plural أَعْمَال (ʔaʕmāl))
- verbal noun of عَمِلَ (ʕamila) (form I)
- action, act, deed
- work, business
- الْعَمَلُ الْجَمَاعِيُّ يُمْكِنُ أَن يَكُونَ مُفِيدًا فِي إِنْجَازِ الْمُشَارِيعِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
- al-ʕamalu l-jamāʕiyyu yumkinu ʔan yakūna mufīdan fī ʔinjāzi l-mušārīʕi l-kabīrati.
- Collaborative work can be beneficial in completing large projects.
- (grammar) government
Declension
Descendants
References
- Praetorius, Franz (1909), “Die grammatische Rektion bei den Arabern”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 63, pages 495–503
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “عمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila, “to work”).
Pronunciation
Verb
عَمَل or عِمِل • (ʕamal or ʕimil) I (verbal noun عمل (ʕamal), active participle عامل (ʕāmil))
- to do
- بتعمل ايه؟ ― bitiʕmil ē? ― What are you doing?
- to make
- عايز اعمل اكل ― ʕāyiz aʕmil akl ― I want to make food
- (reflexive, ditransitive) to pretend to be
- عمل نفسه جامد ― ʕamal nafsu gāmid ― He pretended to be cool
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
عمل • (ʕamal) m (plural اعمال (aʕmāl))
- verbal noun of عمل (ʕamal)
- spell, act of witchcraft or black magic
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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
عمل • (ʕmal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmal))
Conjugation
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North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Verb
عمل • (ʕimil, ʕamal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmil, yiʕmal, yiʕmul, yaʕ-))
- to do
- شو عم تعمل؟ ― šu ʕam taʕmul? ― What are you doing?
- to make
- (reflexive) to make oneself (something); (often with the notion) to pretend to be, to give oneself the appearance of
- كلما شوف مديري بعمل حالي كتير مشغول.
- kilma šūf mudīri baʕmul ḥāli ktīr mašḡūl
- Whenever I see my boss, I try to look very busy.
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Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈmal/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.mǽl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.mál]
Noun
عمل • ('amal) (plural اعمال (a'mâl), or عملها)
Inflection
△ Colloquial.
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
عمل • (ʕimil) I (present بعمل (biʕmil), active participle عامل (ʕāmel))
Usage notes
- Like عرف (ʕirif), non-past forms may use “a” as the core vowel and in the prefix, so forms like بِعْمَل (beʕmal) and بْيَعْمِل (byaʕmel) are possible as well.
Conjugation
Noun
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عمل ('amal), from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.məl/
- Rhymes: -əl
Noun
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