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آلَة
machine /ˈʔaːla/
nounA2#773 most common
Also: instrument, tool, device
Example sentences
هَذِهِ آلَةٌ جَديدَةٌ.
This is a new machine.
تَعمَلُ الآلَةُ في المَصنَعِ.
The machine works in the factory.
اِشتَرى أَبي آلَةً لِغَسلِ المَلابِسِ.
My father bought a machine for washing clothes.
تَوَقَّفَتِ الآلَةُ عَنِ العَمَلِ بِسَبَبِ عُطلٍ كَهرَبائِيٍّ.
The machine stopped working because of an electrical fault.
يَعزِفُ المُوسيقِيُّ عَلى آلَةٍ وَتَرِيَّةٍ قَديمَةٍ.
The musician plays an old stringed instrument.
لا يُمكِنُ اختِزالُ العَقلِ البَشَرِيِّ إلى مُجَرَّدِ آلَةٍ تُنَفِّذُ الأَوامِرَ.
The human mind cannot be reduced to a mere machine that executes commands.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | آلَةٌ | آلَاتٌ |
| Genitive | آلَةٍ | آلَاتٍ |
| Accusative | آلَةً | آلَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا آلَةُ | يا آلَاتُ |
Word family
آلَاتmachines, instruments (plural)
آلِيّautomatic, mechanicalآلِيَّةmechanism, automation
آلاتِيّinstrumentalist, player of musical instruments
Etymology
آلَة derives from the Arabic root أ-و-ل, linked to means and instrument. Classical lexicons list it as the tool or means by which work is done. In modern Arabic the sense broadened to machine, and it also names a musical instrument in the phrase آلة موسيقية. Its plural is آلات.
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