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آلِيّ
automatic /ʔaːˈliː/
adjectiveA2#1239 most common
Also: mechanical, automated, robotic
Example sentences
هٰذا صَرّافٌ آلِيٌّ.
This is an ATM (automatic teller).
في المَصنَعِ خَطٌّ آلِيٌّ جَديدٌ.
There is a new automatic line in the factory.
يَعمَلُ البابُ بِشَكلٍ آلِيٍّ عِندَ الدُّخول.
The door works automatically when you enter.
اِشتَرَتِ الشَّرِكةُ ذِراعًا آلِيّةً لِتَجميعِ السَّيّارات.
The company bought a robotic arm to assemble the cars.
أصبَحَ التَّحَكُّمُ الآلِيُّ في خُطوطِ الإنتاجِ ضَرورةً لِخَفضِ التَّكاليف.
Automated control of production lines has become a necessity for cutting costs.
رَغمَ كَفاءةِ الأنظِمةِ الآلِيّةِ، يَظَلُّ الإشرافُ البَشَرِيُّ ضَرورِيًّا لِتَفادي الأخطاءِ الكارِثِيّة.
Despite the efficiency of automated systems, human oversight remains essential to avoid catastrophic errors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | آلِيٌّ | آلِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | آلِيٍّ | آلِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | آلِيًّا | آلِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا آلِيُّ | يا آلِيُّونَ |
Word family
آلةmachine, instrument, tool
آلِيّةmechanism, automatism
إنسان آلِيّrobot
صَرّاف آلِيّATM, automatic teller machine
آلاتmachines, instruments (plural of آلة)
Etymology
آلِيّ is a relational adjective built from the noun آلة (ʾāla), meaning machine, instrument, or tool, plus the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which forms adjectives of relation. So آلِيّ literally means 'of a machine' and came to mean automatic or mechanical. The term spread in the twentieth century to label new technology, as in صَرّاف آلِيّ for an ATM and إنسان آلِيّ for a robot.
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